William Canning

MR WILLIAM CANNING - For many years an active social worker in the Manchester district, Mr William Canning, aged 77, died in the Hoylake Cottage Hospital on 2 November, as a result of a road accident. He came to Manchester from Scotland in 1874 and was with Mr Henry Lord, the architect, for about twenty years, after which he began business on his own account. Mr Canning’s interests were considerably varied. His numerous associations included the Manchester and Salford District Temperance Association, of which he was honorary secretary during several years, the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Manchester Athenaeum and Athenaeum Graphic Club. He was also connected with the work of the Unitarian Churches in the district and with the United Kingdom Alliance.

Probably indeed his greatest efforts were in the cause of temperance. He was keenly interested in all aspects of science and art, a whole-hearted lover of nature and an amateur painter of no small ability. In addition he occasionally wrote poems of considerable merit. On first coming to Manchester, Mr Canning settled in Flixton and removed to Meols on the Wirral in 1925. The funeral took place at the Anfield Crematorium, Liverpool on 6 November. [Manchester City News 10 November 1928 Page 11]

Address
1903    William Canning, architect, 34 John Dalton Street Manchester
1909    William Canning FMSA, architect, 5 Cross Street, Manchester
1911    William Canning FMSA, architect, 20 Cross Street, Manchester
1919    William Canning FMSA, architect, 20 Cross Street, Manchester
1924    William Canning Imperial Buildings Oxford Road (31-12-24 LCAS)

Residence
1883-1886    William Canning architect 36 Ellesmere Street Moss Side
1891-1901     Flixton (Census)
1903-1911    William Canning, architect, Rothiemay Road Flixton
1925-1928    William Canning FMSA “Red Rowan” Doverport Road, Hoylake.