Amos Walker was the husband of Joan Walker and father to Jack, Arthur, Jim, Louise, Fred, Alice, Gertie and Ernest Walker.
In the early 1900s, Amos lived in Accrington with his wife and children. Working as a vet, Amos provided for the family - three of his sons eventually became publicans and each moved away from Accrington and, after his death, his wife Joan moved to Barnsley where she died in 1962.
On her first meeting with Amos, Jack's future wife Annie Beaumont was disconcerted by the way the old man kept waggling his hands throughout tea, until she learned that Amos was double-jointed. She also recalled that he was frequently called "obstinate Amos".