My Great Uncle

The fourth and final child of Thomas & Mary Prout, born in 1899 in Chorlton, Lancashire

At the time of Jack’s birth his father was working as a manager for the GPO in the new telephone department, which meant the family was moving around the country a lot.

Jack was born on 14^th December 1899, at 138 Wilmslow Road, Chorlton. These day’s this is part on the Greater Manchester area.

At the time of the 1901 census in April, the family was still living at the same address.

Jack married Millicent Richards and they had one son. He in turn had 3 daughters.

Jack Prout, some tine in the 1960’s

Jack was an artist who worked for D.C Thompson and drew the Black Bob cartons for The Dandy comic. He also drew some other cartons in Thompson publications icluding The Beano. D.C Thompson was, and still is based in Dundee Scotland. It is not know if Jack moved there for the job, or got the job after moving there, but he certainly lived there during world war II. In the late 1960’s after his retirement Jack & Millie, moved to St Ives in Cornwall where they lived with his sister Nancy

This was the house that Nancy and her father Thomas had shared until his death in 1967. The house was divided into 2 flats. Jack & Millie had the ground floor, and Nancy the first floor. In the attic of the house, Jack created a studio, where he continued to draw, and carried out occasional work for DC Thompson.

Jack continued to live there until his death in the 1978

Various people have contacted me saying how they have been influenced by Jack’s work. These include:

Mark Richards an outdoor writer living in Cumbria

There are more photos of Jack in the gallery

22 March 2007