Beloved Father

 

Charles Edwin Powell was born 1901 in Liverpool. Charles and his family were frequent visitors in Hoylake, Blackpool before moving there during World War II. In 1926, Charles married Lillian Roby and they had three children: Charles, Anthony, and Cynthia. While Lillian was pregnant with Cynthia during the war in 1939, Charles worked as an Air Raid Warden at Kingsport Post. Their two sons were sent to North Wales for protection from the bombs. Lillian was in a bed & breakfast with other pregnant mothers where she gave birth while Charles paced the outside rainy streets. In 1940, Charles became a member of the Hoylake Recreation Bowling Club, served as secretary up until his death. After the war, Charles worked as a commercial salesman for General Electric Company in Liverpool; while Cynthia attended Junior Art College in Liverpool, she and her dad would travel by train every morning and he carried a bag of sweets for his customers. In May of 1957, Charles was diagnosed with lung cancer and died the following month on June 16, 1957 at home.