tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90104163346128143192024-03-27T14:04:42.223-07:00Turton Local History SocietyBradshaw, Chapeltown, Edgworth, Egerton, Entwistle, Harwood, Longworth, Quarlton and TurtonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-7806525541450528442024-02-25T05:52:00.000-08:002024-02-25T12:32:02.958-08:00Civil Wars in Lancashire 1642 – 1651 (David Casserly)<h2 style="text-align: left;">Upcoming Talk - March 2024</h2><p><i>7.00pm at Harwood Methodist Church, Longsight</i><br />Thursday 28th March 2024</p><div>Speaker: David Casserly</div><p>David's 90 minute talk is based on the research for his book <i>'Massacre, the Storming of Bolton'</i>, and will cover the Civil Wars in Lancashire. There will also be some civil war era arms and armour on display.</p><p>Note that the talk will not be at the normal venue, it will be held across the road <u><b style="background-color: #fcff01;">in the old building</b></u>. 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The items highlighted in bold were not recorded in TLHS's <a href="http://www.turtonhistory.com/2016/09/1-stories-of-turton-date-stones.html">survey of Turton date stones</a> made in 1975.</p><a name='more'></a><p><b style="background-color: white;">B.P.M.. 1720 - over a disused door, Kershaw's Bradshaw Road.</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">B.I.M.. 1658 - Walsh Fold. Bradshaw. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">H.C.. 1746 - Chetham Arms, Chapeltown Turton.</span></p><p><b style="background-color: white;">1756. - Orrell Fold, Turton.</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">T.A.. 1729 - Inside the porch of Mary Holt's Farm, Over Houses, Turton-Fogg's Farm. <i>[This inscription is actually a triangular arrangement with the initials F over T. A.]</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">JL, 1748 - Nab Farm, Turton.</span></p><p><b style="background-color: white;">Tarkinton's. C. M. and A. E. Hoare, 1812, Rebuilt-Turton.</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">A.S.C.. 1835 - Over barn door. Ramwell Fold,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">1690 (Coat of Arms follows) I.H.-Holt's Farm, top of Turton.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">S.C. (Coat of Arms) 1714 - Old Parsonage, Over Houses.</span></p><p><b style="background-color: white;">1806 and 1825 - Over stable door and barn at Vale House, Turton..</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">1869 - Spring Terrace, Wellington Road, Turton</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">H.I.M.. 1706 - Over a shippon door. <i>[Dunscar Fold]</i></span></p><p><b style="background-color: white;">John Holt, 1666 - This was on "Three Lowes," Turton: the farm is pulled down.</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">B.J.M., 1742. - Old James Mathers, behind Entwistle Station <i>[New Hall Entwistle]</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">B.J. and A., 1788. - On a barn. <i>[New Hall Entwistle]</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">1694 - Horrocks Fold, Edgworth.</span></p><p><b style="background-color: white;">B.R.M.. 176?. - Over a shippon door at Cote Farm, Edgworth.</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">T.I.E.. 1729. - Isherwood Fold, Edgworth. <i>[Recorded as 1709 in TLHS survey]</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">C.I., 1718. - Isherwood Fold.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">J.M.B., 1816 - Pleasant View. <i>[Recorded as JTB in TLHS survey]</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">W.N.M. 1694. - Inside and outside of the porch at Green Elders.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">J.D., 1829. - Over the barn, Green Elders. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">I.B., 1749. - On the barn at Long Shoot.</span></p><p><b style="background-color: white;">T.E., 1647, L. H. - This inscription was at Clough Head, which is pulled down; now at Long Shoot farm.</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">E.J., Sarah, 1815. - On the barn at Martin's farm. <i>[Recorded as 1813 in the TLHS survey]</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">1797. - Wheat Sheaf House; now the Children's Home.</span></p><p><b style="background-color: white;">1798. - Wheat Sheaf Barn.</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">1758. - Over the porch at Walleach Fold.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">A.B.-W.. 1807. - At 20, Blackburn Road, Edgworth. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">T.T.-M., 1669. - Over fireplace, No. 7. Thomasson Fold.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">T.T.-M.. 1690. - Over shippon door at Hob Lane farm. T.T. is presumably Thomas Thomasson, formerly well-known resident.</span></p><p><b style="background-color: white;">Anno Domini 1729. - On the end of the old Hare and Hounds, at Hob Lane, leading on to Blackburn.</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">T.K.I.B.M., 1627 - Lower Fold, Quarlton</span></p><p><b style="background-color: white;">A.H.-E..1743. - Over shippon door, Wickinlow, Quarlton.</b></p><p><b style="background-color: white;">B.P.M., 1720. -Taylor Holden's, Bradshaw Road.</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">B.I.M., 1658. - Walsh Fold, Bradshaw, over fireplace. </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-55463225733274657272024-02-01T23:24:00.000-08:002024-02-15T23:07:40.885-08:00Unsung Lancastrians (Steve Williams)<h2>Upcoming Talk - February 2024</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Harwood Methodist Church</i><br />Thursday 22nd February 2024</p><div>Speaker: Steve Williams</div><div><br /></div><div>‘Unsung Lancastrians’ highlights many men and women in the County over the years whose stories have never been told – from entrepreneurs, Suffragettes, social campaigners, newspaper editors, soldiers and even a President of FIFA.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9Q0-9gGNqRuJxfZUDKUqwFIDOp5OWm32m9yMpMiSFTQm_YUfQfq-yKtFMIywFNZ1C9W8fFdY0VyuocwY_hxTVGudv3L-6tlDdeUM56X_TUwfQ-4HVHek6l1TKdEEc6veSim3kfrnJklADJVQyFAbR2_k5krxkFWhhFHRWPIqFGDhQRmIE2Hpc5jK048/s259/unsung-lancastrians.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="259" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9Q0-9gGNqRuJxfZUDKUqwFIDOp5OWm32m9yMpMiSFTQm_YUfQfq-yKtFMIywFNZ1C9W8fFdY0VyuocwY_hxTVGudv3L-6tlDdeUM56X_TUwfQ-4HVHek6l1TKdEEc6veSim3kfrnJklADJVQyFAbR2_k5krxkFWhhFHRWPIqFGDhQRmIE2Hpc5jK048/s1600/unsung-lancastrians.jpeg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-57349512386106688842024-01-26T03:46:00.000-08:002024-01-26T03:46:23.575-08:00Working Without Hands<p>Reproduced below is an item from one of our early newsletters that tells the story of one local man's triumph over a terrible industrial injury that occurred long before anyone thought of compensation. It was originally published in the Preston Guardian in 1906. Some photographs from our archives have been added in this post, which did not feature in the original document.</p><span></span><span></span><p><span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Working Without Hands</h2><p></p><p>by John Wood, Shepherd (1835-1919) -<i> Published 1906</i></p><p>Mr Whitehead (Secretary of Edgworth Agricultural Society) having asked me to give a brief sketch of my life, and here I give it to you.</p><p>I was born close, to the Turton Tower on April 2nd 1835, in a cottage called 'Old Kiln' where once they used to dry their corn, the mill being below in the clough, now called Horrobin Mill. There's been many changes since then. There were no railways in those days, the railway from Bolton to Blackburn being made in the 40s, and opened in 1848.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcy1spxDmI2E8sxoYj3vx0H6UJ1EFCS5l6h4iPX7Pxz70DYVNXfs7rTWHWMk10ZKawe0y4DZ4fixctoUv6NNbge1Fr0ljViAdITGghP5IBqU9_bImmPu1UZJmFDhpQOwk0CVA3Dm1CNabJ0kcbo7H6Kmk5d2uGhQ5ZyEUAqUtrTZi5yfKgn2XcFTHX0I/s1271/Old%20Kiln%201.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Old Kiln Cottages near Turton Tower" border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1271" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcy1spxDmI2E8sxoYj3vx0H6UJ1EFCS5l6h4iPX7Pxz70DYVNXfs7rTWHWMk10ZKawe0y4DZ4fixctoUv6NNbge1Fr0ljViAdITGghP5IBqU9_bImmPu1UZJmFDhpQOwk0CVA3Dm1CNabJ0kcbo7H6Kmk5d2uGhQ5ZyEUAqUtrTZi5yfKgn2XcFTHX0I/w320-h213/Old%20Kiln%201.png" title="Old Kiln Cottages near Turton Tower" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>(Fig. 1)</i> Old Kiln Cottage near Turton Tower (now demolished)<br />John Wood's birth place</td></tr></tbody></table><a name='more'></a><p><b>The Old Tower of Turton--</b></p><p>Mr Kay lived in one part of the Tower, and a farmer, in the other part. The name of the latter was James Crowshaw, and there being no police then, he was a sworn constable. He farmed the Chetham's Close as well as the farm about the Tower, until he and the landlord differed and then he gave up the farm. I was sent to the Chetham's College in Manchester, in 1845, and came back home in 1849, and then I was bound apprentice to Messers Thomas Appleton and Co, Horrobin Mill, where I worked until I met on February 10th 1854, with an accident by which, I lost both hands and one arm, having been thrown into the calender wheels by trying to put a strap on which was turned by a nine inch shaft. After being fast about twenty minutes they got me loose, when I walked home from the works to my home between my father and another man, a distance at about a quarter, of a mile, and then I was sent down to the Bolton Old Infirmary where Drs Chadwick, Mallett and Garstang cut my hands off. After lying in the Infirmary and at home for twenty weeks I was returned to mother earth again to eke out my living as best I could. When I got to going about again I got some artificial arms with hooks at the end.</p><p>I was told to ask the masters if they could find me anything to do, but they said they could not do, so I was idling about until Mr Kay, at the Tower (who had the farms in their own hands) engaged me to look after their sheep and cattle, which ran over most of the land. I was their errand boy too, until they let the farms to a tenant, who brought men with him, so I was thrown out of place again. But my father being clerk and sexton at the Parish Church, and also a kind of undertaker, I went with hatbands, scarfs and gloves, and pall and bier, to the house where the funerals were to come from, sometime a mile or two away up on the hillside, and I tolled the bell for the funerals.</p><p>Sometimes I was called away to go and look after sheep for different people, either in spring or in the winter, to different places in the country. On March 4th 1860, I was asked to go and look after, 100 in-lamb ewes, and walk them from Rivington Pike to a place named Fairbottom, between Ashton-under-Lyne, and Oldham, and in the Spring of 1861 I went with 200 in-lamb ewes to look after whilst they got through lambing to a farm called Standworth, near Withnell. In the winter of 1861, I shepherded about 300 around the village of Chapeltown, and in the winter of 1862-1863, I took to shepherding 200 hoggets for John Hick Esq M.P, Hill Top, Belmont and F Coates. I set out with them October 18th 1862 and came back with them on March 26th 1863, not having lost one, to a place called Bell-in-the-Thorn, at the top at Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn. Then I went to shepherd for Mr Francis Coates at the Clough House Farm, which was built for one of Mr Kay's sons, Thomas Kay, who was lost at sea and was to have been called Soloman's Temple had he landed and lived in it. While shepherding for Mr Francis Coates I was allowed to keep some poultry in an old farmhouse up on the moorside. I had over 200 and I looked after them myself, picking up the eggs and cleaning the pens out, and doing all for them myself. I have picked as many as 90 eggs up in one day, and I have sold between four and five score of cock chickens in one season. I reduced them down to 80 pullets. When I picked eggs up I got nearly 7000 from the last day of April to March 1st next year. Then there was going to be a change in tenants, so I sold out, Mr Coates going down to Tower Farm, and Mr Slater coming to Clough House Farm, but I kept on with Mr Slater, until 1873, when I broke down in health.</p><p>When I got better, Mr Appleton, at Horrobin Mill, where I lost my hands, sent for me to look after his water rights for him. This I did and I assisted the farm bailiff, who died in 1878, when Mr Appleton put me in his place, which, I have filled up to August 1904. The Appletons having died out, the estates and works had to be sold, so I was thrown out of place, and am living idle now. I got married on the 2nd of May, 1882 to Mr Francis Coates' daughter, and having to go up to London the same day we were, married, I took her with me, and spent our honeymoon. We had a look at the home of our good old Queen Victoria, and our present King of Peace, Edward VII, and his wife Queen Alexandria at Windsor Castle.</p><p>While with the Appletons they bought Turton Tower Estates, about 1889. I had to superintend all the draining under R Ashworth Esq, their steward, and I may tell you that when I was away shepherding I washed and dressed myself, for I had to be up early in the mornings before the lark got on the wing. I could not depend on anyone else. One lambing season, from the middle of March until the middle of, May, my average hours in bed were four per night, for when you put the rams to about 17 score of ewes in the back end it means some shepherding in the spring, and there is not much, time for bed. And that's been done at the Clough House and Tower farms. I once helped to wash 1,600 sheep beside Belmont. There were eight washers, four being in the water at a time, I being a catcher for them. So I think you will agree with me that I have done my best to earn my living, though I am without hands. I have been a member of the Edgworth and District Agricultural Society since it commenced.</p><p>When I lived with Thomas Slater at Clough House Farm they had typhoid fever in the house. When their servant man advised me to begin smoking, which I did, you may wonder how a man without hands could charge his pipe and light his tobacco. I struck the matches with the same implement I write with putting the match in the screw where the hooks are.</p><p>I also may tell you when Mr Kay's two sons, Johnny and Jimmy, first commenced to play football, as they do now - Association, - I played with them at night by moonlight, so you will now know that I was one of the first Association footballers. I remember getting three goals one night, and they would have it I was offside. All I know, I got them through.</p><p>It was on March 12th, 1856, whilst shepherding for Mr Kay at the Tower that I found a man in a plantation on Chethams Close behind Turton Tower. He had been there two months. The last time he was seen alive was in Bank Street, Bolton, on January 10th. He turned out to be a young gentleman from London, who had been living with his uncle, a doctor, in Manchester. There was a letter in his pocket addressed as follows: <i>'To the finder of this body, but to no inquisitive person or persons'</i>. Inside the letter it read:- <i>'Dear, love or lovers - Now do not be an idiot or idiots. Now don't try to find out who I am, for that you can't. In my pocket there is sixpence; with that get a gill, and stick my body into some hole and take my clothes for your trouble, and don't get up a coroner's inquest to talk about something you know nothing about. The verdict must be in some great consideration for some person or, persons, he destroyed himself to save them the trouble'.</i> His name was so scribbled that it could not be made out, but ultimately turned out to be John Francis Hobler, son of John and Jane Hobler, of Canterbury Square, Islington. He was buried at Turton Church, and a stone was put over him to mark the last resting place of this young man who was only 20 years of age, and who would have become very wealthy at the age of 21. I and my father had all to do with the funeral of this man, all expenses being paid by his relatives from London.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwdG9DX5SKS6ELe4puFX_YIl0tiyEoP7Fdnspb5NSFE_tJ45nqwhFOOIMqIxBfLoAByEFuqGek6dj-z9F5kqKt_QR1OG3_bv7VB8riJSLQbZMPFbkMcpDZKscd8SFofQ7YoB2W5Ru_pao1HkNOlEHQ0bqOqxvfi_3R5kbiyqLgxqALlv8PGIeb7TFZjM/s932/John%20Francis%20Hobler.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Burial entry of John Francis Hobler" border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="932" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwdG9DX5SKS6ELe4puFX_YIl0tiyEoP7Fdnspb5NSFE_tJ45nqwhFOOIMqIxBfLoAByEFuqGek6dj-z9F5kqKt_QR1OG3_bv7VB8riJSLQbZMPFbkMcpDZKscd8SFofQ7YoB2W5Ru_pao1HkNOlEHQ0bqOqxvfi_3R5kbiyqLgxqALlv8PGIeb7TFZjM/w320-h79/John%20Francis%20Hobler.PNG" title="Burial entry of John Francis Hobler" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burial at St Anne, Turton 14 Mar 1856<br />John Francis Hobler - Son of Francis Hobler & Jane<br />Aged 29 yrs., Abode: London. Found Dead</td></tr></tbody></table><p>There was also a present sent by the father to me on his being acquainted, through the late James Kay of Turton Towers, and Thomas Gorton of Hey House, Holcombe, who was then the Master of Holcombe Hunt. You may be surprised to know that Mr Gorton was a very hard rider to hounds, although he must have been over 12 score in weight, and he used to ride an entire (ungelded stallion).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplYidd0nrwLkPMe3q1tdZg2TdxgrJ56nyZtljv-0h-uvKuccorRBeiLeUkDOL7etoG1be_9CwzXmmW93TtJMhhOCXzBx2AN-CEeO6_mZO33BKGuAKELtwSlmErIPeupQVA19gsdyA7hlUo2rCLVcyW2mEWbAYrtaLYqXURoNaL-DV58UdifTEsxwAMs0/s1277/Old%20Kiln%202.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Old Kiln Cottages near Turton Tower" border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1277" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplYidd0nrwLkPMe3q1tdZg2TdxgrJ56nyZtljv-0h-uvKuccorRBeiLeUkDOL7etoG1be_9CwzXmmW93TtJMhhOCXzBx2AN-CEeO6_mZO33BKGuAKELtwSlmErIPeupQVA19gsdyA7hlUo2rCLVcyW2mEWbAYrtaLYqXURoNaL-DV58UdifTEsxwAMs0/w320-h211/Old%20Kiln%202.png" title="Old Kiln Cottages near Turton Tower" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>(Fig. 2)</i> Another view of Old Kiln Cottage<br />Turton Tower in the background</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi2YdrNUMvgJMOGozxS779CG_edRs7_AQlNELQoyS_z_ERiukhnKx4kt5t0r8JMx9NJLTnPMAErdQDQk5VbX3RrQ75rjs5yhFXymha7rqIwKyB6mvbbYifkSImv0GHzOHAdKlVJHrmv0AQqoz8GIVnA5hRB_RPHrgvdj5A01wU8eeZ68YWZu_s_GmChA/s667/camera%20view%201.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="667" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi2YdrNUMvgJMOGozxS779CG_edRs7_AQlNELQoyS_z_ERiukhnKx4kt5t0r8JMx9NJLTnPMAErdQDQk5VbX3RrQ75rjs5yhFXymha7rqIwKyB6mvbbYifkSImv0GHzOHAdKlVJHrmv0AQqoz8GIVnA5hRB_RPHrgvdj5A01wU8eeZ68YWZu_s_GmChA/s320/camera%20view%201.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camera angle of fig. 1</td></tr></tbody></table>Stephen Tongehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11740479025577399210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-25290964739987673452023-11-28T04:52:00.000-08:002023-11-29T00:34:40.090-08:00Holcombe Moor Rifle Ranges (Richard Horrocks)<h2>Upcoming Talk - January 2024</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Harwood Methodist Church</i><br />Thursday 25th January 2024</p><div>Speaker: Richard Horrocks</div><p>Rifle ranges in England were constructed in considerable numbers after the formation of the Volunteer Force in 1859 partly as a response to the perceived threats of invasion by Napoleon III and the Second Empire. This date followed the replacement by the British Army of the time-served, smooth-bore Brown Bess musket by rifled muskets, which had significantly increased accuracy over ranges up to 1000 yards. During the following 50 years or so as rifles developed to breech-loading and magazine types, culminating in the replacement of black powder propellant by smokeless (e.g., cordite) powder, not only did accuracy increase over longer ranges, but also the need for improved safety zones occurred. This resulted in many earlier ranges closing or being transferred to other locations. Within Lancashire, only one remains today that was first established in 1853 just before the Crimean War (1854-56) and which throughout all these developments managed to accommodate the consequences of these changes, although not without several relocations – Holcombe Rifle Range. This was most likely because Holcombe Moor offered not only the space for large safety zones but also its topography allowed a number of ranges to be established at various times.</p><p>This talk will cover four phases of range development and relocation since 1853 as a consequence of the moor being able to accommodate developments of firearms technology. The etching below of HM the Queen’s Prize at Wimbledon Common in the 1860s would perhaps represent a scene typical of that which might have been less formally seen on the Phase 2 Holcombe range development on the Ramsbottom side of Holcombe Moor.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbO4cXkRf0-gnWNvf8Ha1xx6b7HKdp1wPbRWvpy0ReCxvEmMcpib4yMgv8lcp-X12eEeJu4RvfEdlueCV9zqVu69PorlRjzZ9drMrCifxuAxV4PDr8cMnsMpNzmqGjMwpOLN2RclT8E59xcUUtBkwd34ioKrI7FDCPp0tPJaMuj_mhiujGtdpqgqtL3o/s1012/National%20Rifle%20Association%20Wimbledon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The National Rifle Association Meeting on Wimbledon Common" border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1012" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbO4cXkRf0-gnWNvf8Ha1xx6b7HKdp1wPbRWvpy0ReCxvEmMcpib4yMgv8lcp-X12eEeJu4RvfEdlueCV9zqVu69PorlRjzZ9drMrCifxuAxV4PDr8cMnsMpNzmqGjMwpOLN2RclT8E59xcUUtBkwd34ioKrI7FDCPp0tPJaMuj_mhiujGtdpqgqtL3o/w320-h227/National%20Rifle%20Association%20Wimbledon.png" title="The National Rifle Association Meeting on Wimbledon Common" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The National Rifle Association Meeting on Wimbledon Common 1861</td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-15907293565813012582023-11-26T09:11:00.000-08:002023-11-28T04:54:32.320-08:00Harwood Artisan Market - Saturday 2nd December 2023<p>We will be at Harwood Artisan Market next Saturday, where our range of local history books will be available to buy from our stall.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXurfbJNs4-9k8Ti4YRO-X9AtyU9iPelKfNnesBA5VpeZPV1D038Jx5-lBgzzXZiWj-OZ-G5IyHpUu40kwZM1LLSvthiIMQ0J1Kizs0R0D7P2jgv3q0silcfkTjRJyF-aKkMFk6s5-rlhty3YWB5CKZLdsuk6NoSA0m6w7QTQyitB7OeFLx9tlondbcw/s1178/Harwood%20Artisan%20Market.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXurfbJNs4-9k8Ti4YRO-X9AtyU9iPelKfNnesBA5VpeZPV1D038Jx5-lBgzzXZiWj-OZ-G5IyHpUu40kwZM1LLSvthiIMQ0J1Kizs0R0D7P2jgv3q0silcfkTjRJyF-aKkMFk6s5-rlhty3YWB5CKZLdsuk6NoSA0m6w7QTQyitB7OeFLx9tlondbcw/s320/Harwood%20Artisan%20Market.jpg" width="229" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-15380593548295625852023-11-21T15:13:00.000-08:002023-11-24T08:12:29.394-08:00Turton Scholars in 1704<div>An account of the scholars taught by Charles Nuttall at Turton for which Samuel Chetham paid school wages in 1704.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>An Account of the Schollars tought by Charles Nuttall at Torton for wch. Samll: Chetham Esq pays School wages gratis An: Dom: 1704<br /><br />
<i>John Rhostorn</i><br />
<i>Ann Rhostorn</i><br />
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from May 10th till August 5th bring 12 1704<br />
01s:06d each<br />
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<i>Elizabeth Lowe</i><br />
<i>Alice Mangnowe</i><br />
<i>Martha Barlow</i><br />
<i>John Barlow</i><br />
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from May 10th 1704 till April 12th next ensuing 3 2hrs & 9 weeks<br />
05s:07½d<br />
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<i>Ralph Holt</i><br />
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from April 23rd till Novembr: 9th (1705) 29 weeks<br />
03s:04½d<br />
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<i>Alice Mangnow</i><br />
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from May 10th till December 13th (1705) 31 weeks<br />
03s:07½d<br />
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<i>John Barlow</i><br />
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from Sepb. 17 till March 23 (1705) 27 weeks<br />
03s:00d<br />
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[Total] £01:15s:06d<br />
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Tho: Meadowcroft rent [& Boons - crossed out] 01<i>(l)</i>:13<i>(s)</i>:00<i>(d)</i><br />
Recd for School wages in three years 03<i>(l)</i>:03<i>(s)</i>:00<i>(d)</i><br />
Recd of the Fourty shilling p(er) Ann. given gratis 05<i>(l)</i>:00<i>(s)</i>:00<i>(d)</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-8622428629721516782023-11-01T10:23:00.000-07:002023-11-03T15:15:28.623-07:00The Roman Fort at Wayoh Bridge<h2>Upcoming Talk - April 2023</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Harwood Methodist Church, Longsight</i><br />Thursday 23rd November 2023</p><p>AGM will be held prior to the presentation</p><div>Speaker: David Ratledge (over video link)</div><div><br /></div><div><div>David Ratledge has been looking for Roman roads in Lancashire for the past 45 years. A former Civil Engineer working predominantly in the design and construction of Roads and Bridges for over 40 years. At Lancashire County Council he also headed up the county's GIS unit developing the award winning online GIS, MARIO. Since his retirement he has been able to devote his time to tracking down lost Roman roads from Hadrian’s Wall to Essex.</div><div><br /></div><div>Using Lidar data, he has found a road that stretches from Ribchester to Lancaster, a distance of more than ten miles. He will also explore the probable 'new' Roman Fort at Wayoh Bridge in Edgworth.</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmUp-UiIJJelb8_V1TF1c-5vxWGDxhh55_yRjWNEN8lLA7geZ458LbMZOn7O9vsN75X5LSCSQUlHVVq4t0MRfPTXio-4UjcSKHo7po0VjGcF9QkGNVnmhdQs78GDqm41WmI8P8UEkhrkF1b64D5GS71SYMbjVlW8RboBsjEsKs0FUUnSeJKimVGcM/s1439/wayohbridge-lidar-3D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1439" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmUp-UiIJJelb8_V1TF1c-5vxWGDxhh55_yRjWNEN8lLA7geZ458LbMZOn7O9vsN75X5LSCSQUlHVVq4t0MRfPTXio-4UjcSKHo7po0VjGcF9QkGNVnmhdQs78GDqm41WmI8P8UEkhrkF1b64D5GS71SYMbjVlW8RboBsjEsKs0FUUnSeJKimVGcM/s320/wayohbridge-lidar-3D.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wayoh Bridge Lidar 3D<br />from <a href="http://www.twithr.co.uk/lancs-gm/M7b.htm" target="_blank">The Roman Road from Manchester to Ribchester</a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-46033504284801466612023-10-26T15:15:00.001-07:002024-02-18T03:14:49.805-08:00Old Andrew's in Turton<p>The following article appeared in our newsletter number 103, contributed by Stephen Tonge</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Finding Old Andrew</h3><p>When looking at some old maps of Turton, I was intrigued by the property name Old Andrew’s at the top of Egerton. It is situated opposite Ciao Baby (formerly the King William), and is now called Victoria Grange, having been converted in the 1990s from the derelict Victoria Farm buildings. So, I wondered, who was Old Andrew?</p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Pu9P5wfbrwCO-ECmPhlH0JRue0se_inL5CjdNwrJcL3bV8llTffCA06NZZflbQSgdkSZEOpdVINwgLyxlU2GyRIfrkWCnuPpAv_QHAEujxRtacWy_VzYdg1u8SKJKpyypEgex7yd-KxbPkIiHDl3WKOLoVqbnHPPQ9tskjfdIOH8wOLnY214jjaYuB8/s2925/Victoria%20Farm%20Turton.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2194" data-original-width="2925" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Pu9P5wfbrwCO-ECmPhlH0JRue0se_inL5CjdNwrJcL3bV8llTffCA06NZZflbQSgdkSZEOpdVINwgLyxlU2GyRIfrkWCnuPpAv_QHAEujxRtacWy_VzYdg1u8SKJKpyypEgex7yd-KxbPkIiHDl3WKOLoVqbnHPPQ9tskjfdIOH8wOLnY214jjaYuB8/s320/Victoria%20Farm%20Turton.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Houses on Blackburn Road<br />at what was previously Victoria Farm</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<div>On the 1841 census we see that Richard Kay, beer seller, and his wife Charlotte Kay were resident at the “Queen Victoria”. An inscription with their initials “RKC 1838” can be seen on the outside wall. The 1833 rating valuation shows that Richard Kay was the occupier then, and that the property was known as “Morris tenement”. This name seems to refer to the previous tenant Thomas Morris, who is recorded on the rentals around 1806 up to 1832.</div><p>For the period between 1751 and 1792, John Haworth and his family were paying the 6 shillings and 8 pence rent. He was the farmer at Haworth Fold farm. Old Andrews was located at the north-west corner of the farm’s 22 acres of land. It was at that time recorded as a cottage with the name ‘Haslams’.</p><p>Stepping back further in the rentals, we find Andrew Haslam paying the rent in 1743. Presumably this is the old Andrew I was looking for. He was a butcher, and had leased the property in 1731, for the lives of himself and his sons John and William.</p><p>It seems that the Haslams had lived in a building on that site for several generations; there are records going back all the way to 1609. Roger Haslam had been granted a lease on a house and garden, the landlord being Anthony Greene, then the owner of the farm. Family wills from the time tell us that Roger Haslam was the husband of Clemence, the sister-in-law of Anthony’s father, Ralph Greene.</p>
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<tr><td>New Chapel</td><td>Walmsley Unitarian</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dimple Engine</td><td>Cotton carding</td></tr>
<tr><td>Isherwood’s</td><td>Haworth Fold farm</td></tr>
<tr><td>Old Chapel</td><td>Walmsley old chapel ruins</td></tr>
<tr><td>New School</td><td>Dimple School</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thomassons</td><td>Dimple Hall</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-6108624852701876612023-10-09T07:41:00.000-07:002023-10-14T15:02:35.726-07:00Old Postcard Tour of Turton<h2>Upcoming Talk- October 2023</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Harwood Methodist Church</i><br />Thursday 26th October 2023</p><div>Speaker: Ged Melia</div><div><br /></div><div>A pictorial tour of Turton and surrounding districts including Egerton and Dunscar, Darwen Road and Bromley Cross, Bradshaw and Harwood, Edgworth, Chapeltown and Crowthorn.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoHcsfHdDfFwD-BwBivZda305nHMi0CA8zeM8SPY6-rSD5sx3QOIQ695JztwwE5yxO1iHRub7XqsS21MWG0YzVRBx8zJBE3JVeFiv83tbNERd4ffgsrEMQReZqKmHh1lTTpqgX62_aielh797dsb00AzVGRGZGGgin0R2clXnDj5uSD1_MygtH5YZ/s810/Dunscar%20tram%20terminus.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="810" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoHcsfHdDfFwD-BwBivZda305nHMi0CA8zeM8SPY6-rSD5sx3QOIQ695JztwwE5yxO1iHRub7XqsS21MWG0YzVRBx8zJBE3JVeFiv83tbNERd4ffgsrEMQReZqKmHh1lTTpqgX62_aielh797dsb00AzVGRGZGGgin0R2clXnDj5uSD1_MygtH5YZ/s320/Dunscar%20tram%20terminus.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dunscar Tram Terminus</td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-77885948036948447722023-09-28T15:58:00.000-07:002023-09-28T15:58:35.395-07:00Photographs of Bradshaw and Leagate in Harwood<p>Five photographs from our archives of Bradshaw and Harwood.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgio5rfw3IVPhKU-aooZj5Nray7AyuDlRDZiWVTmJrbmxUPBgtWE2mn-Rz-Hw8rx5ww0n54oUsGHxAqpyDESkjalf9HHEu9aivDSKMte0wWGS5MyjbbmwqF06BWMvbntm_uCZefiWlGd6qvRtIFjkzQxM24ZJ3lEWMXU1gU7e9lhovZNjW7e8B1wzq2oNI/s2837/Back%20Lea%20Gate%20Cottages%20c1960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1941" data-original-width="2837" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgio5rfw3IVPhKU-aooZj5Nray7AyuDlRDZiWVTmJrbmxUPBgtWE2mn-Rz-Hw8rx5ww0n54oUsGHxAqpyDESkjalf9HHEu9aivDSKMte0wWGS5MyjbbmwqF06BWMvbntm_uCZefiWlGd6qvRtIFjkzQxM24ZJ3lEWMXU1gU7e9lhovZNjW7e8B1wzq2oNI/s320/Back%20Lea%20Gate%20Cottages%20c1960.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back Lea Gate Cottages c1960</td></tr></tbody></table><a name='more'></a><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuoQvZo7RzAQw4TtBxWx2eF-brUv427SFUjX6YEbGoSC2lOeE0TXaRXLQt01eafrI2ftV3iD7fCbasCd9gHiHgfOQfAd9zp1XOvPUgrYATASPD5Gp57g_91OFO5zxOpsLAaYbRetU42FBQt4c9I4TwmH7fS5_HtT80zlV2yzg7PHQ1EsOF11LMhoQ-Zc/s2836/Bradshaw%20Cricket%20Club%20and%20Rigbys%201950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="2836" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuoQvZo7RzAQw4TtBxWx2eF-brUv427SFUjX6YEbGoSC2lOeE0TXaRXLQt01eafrI2ftV3iD7fCbasCd9gHiHgfOQfAd9zp1XOvPUgrYATASPD5Gp57g_91OFO5zxOpsLAaYbRetU42FBQt4c9I4TwmH7fS5_HtT80zlV2yzg7PHQ1EsOF11LMhoQ-Zc/s320/Bradshaw%20Cricket%20Club%20and%20Rigbys%201950.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bradshaw Cricket Club and Rigbys 1950</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-GNr7ingsVqCCMK9ZjwW2Pkg0wr_0yq2JZi79sHrQnvEZ1n3aaOs-OYyJofOZCOJ2ELCH-T2sJ6pRjUnSF6ugRUEatZrMk-AoedDnyhH_bDroUwwgOOFegAR3IZW7e3_jB3PVCtd1qhuLcfsKWroCyu4_9h3sbuxPGQ4GSjHsAn5REloP6iStEP9AcA/s1647/Bradshaw%20Hall%20postcard%20early%201900s%20(35).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="1647" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-GNr7ingsVqCCMK9ZjwW2Pkg0wr_0yq2JZi79sHrQnvEZ1n3aaOs-OYyJofOZCOJ2ELCH-T2sJ6pRjUnSF6ugRUEatZrMk-AoedDnyhH_bDroUwwgOOFegAR3IZW7e3_jB3PVCtd1qhuLcfsKWroCyu4_9h3sbuxPGQ4GSjHsAn5REloP6iStEP9AcA/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20postcard%20early%201900s%20(35).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bradshaw Hall early 1900s</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmbzmbi98g2IKjnkYch4tgGANrOKGD2pLDYcB4SerlD7S2DqyIZ222zcShTNdCF4UpnmCF3LBip52PPPWje0J_eC1sg8MUwPitorCJFwI0WROtHfMxL6KLFyOsq5BS5IHmifKXQeejkq4EXlHBNkwwJY62FxEHJRQwHrphM4H0u6gS1fojgh6QU0pqrk/s1480/Leagate%201964%20(1)%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1480" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmbzmbi98g2IKjnkYch4tgGANrOKGD2pLDYcB4SerlD7S2DqyIZ222zcShTNdCF4UpnmCF3LBip52PPPWje0J_eC1sg8MUwPitorCJFwI0WROtHfMxL6KLFyOsq5BS5IHmifKXQeejkq4EXlHBNkwwJY62FxEHJRQwHrphM4H0u6gS1fojgh6QU0pqrk/s320/Leagate%201964%20(1)%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lea Gate Fold 1964</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4Ffj6iNL77Go2A8OUswGnFy2y64DelDAqCoiOvBRVqb_pfXFJfP6UFvmFCqovBJoiHPeNw4vUXUHz_tOpVQu9NQAlTcU8MNM_o6XBiiQuTpZGwOtYMFQ56I98zEUYf_HHjVoRSURkOLc4zQX5O6ASlo3zfp8V22_ouBINxtonj5WO7v7rT8fzuTCnEU/s1488/Leagate%201964%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1488" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4Ffj6iNL77Go2A8OUswGnFy2y64DelDAqCoiOvBRVqb_pfXFJfP6UFvmFCqovBJoiHPeNw4vUXUHz_tOpVQu9NQAlTcU8MNM_o6XBiiQuTpZGwOtYMFQ56I98zEUYf_HHjVoRSURkOLc4zQX5O6ASlo3zfp8V22_ouBINxtonj5WO7v7rT8fzuTCnEU/s320/Leagate%201964%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lea Gate Fold 1964 at the commencement of the<br />Shopping Precinct development (now Morrisons)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKM_MbMjmbiX8wcWQT6w82XvEUNzOhrd2oD83OCoKGBPnJMQFzYA8tyk1_5afk7vUCPvjbR5JusDWIvQzalGRQnQFYmDXaNr2h-igyRln4l9ApT9gncC_9uhSTRQPGU1t7JjRtNclyyjG4eIvPHyS7jDx9hLdWKGwiOuGbHIli5vpc7QoRbwTQmlq7eg/s2066/No%20Name%20Harwood%201989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2066" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKM_MbMjmbiX8wcWQT6w82XvEUNzOhrd2oD83OCoKGBPnJMQFzYA8tyk1_5afk7vUCPvjbR5JusDWIvQzalGRQnQFYmDXaNr2h-igyRln4l9ApT9gncC_9uhSTRQPGU1t7JjRtNclyyjG4eIvPHyS7jDx9hLdWKGwiOuGbHIli5vpc7QoRbwTQmlq7eg/s320/No%20Name%20Harwood%201989.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The No Name Harwood 1989</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-53968442316220413292023-09-05T12:36:00.000-07:002023-09-10T13:01:08.292-07:00Lancastrians (Paul Salveson)<h2>Upcoming Talk - September 2023</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Harwood Methodist Church, Longsight</i><br />Thursday 28th September 2023</p><div>Speaker: Paul Salveson</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7O3J0ljbESdOuD_9v3V0J9CkOLn0japWxeoPVgBZV32C9nl1Rnjjjd68Mjq3kwotNVFwyzHqV7MGAEYfrcpSk9OVwKiXpu8uVstTFR17BbU7bRqZVHJXwctV846E-avRI52BvhDzXsDllCZY38MDRwauwqsDuzObQifC6j0_ImuibP1YZeW2SxDGccM/s612/Salveson-%E2%80%93-Lancastrians-final-rgb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lancastrians" border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="391" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7O3J0ljbESdOuD_9v3V0J9CkOLn0japWxeoPVgBZV32C9nl1Rnjjjd68Mjq3kwotNVFwyzHqV7MGAEYfrcpSk9OVwKiXpu8uVstTFR17BbU7bRqZVHJXwctV846E-avRI52BvhDzXsDllCZY38MDRwauwqsDuzObQifC6j0_ImuibP1YZeW2SxDGccM/w204-h320/Salveson-%E2%80%93-Lancastrians-final-rgb.jpg" title="Lancastrians" width="204" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Paul Salveson's new book <i>'Lancastrians: mills, mines and minarets - a new history'</i> explores some of the less well-known aspects of Lancashire's great history, from the Mersey to the Lakes. Paul's talk will look at how Lancashire became a great regional powerhouse and political dynamo only to go into decline over the last fifty years. Paul's talk will explore questions of Lancashire identity and culture and whether the county of the red rose could undergo a revival.</div><p>Paul's book will be available or can be obtained from the publisher Hurst, at <a href="https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/lancastrians/">www.hurstpublishers.co.uk</a> with a 25% discount by entering the discount code LANCASTRIANS25</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-60993638608000251642023-08-25T16:14:00.002-07:002023-08-29T00:05:04.010-07:00Photographs of Bradshaw Hall - Early 1900s<p>These photographs are from a series taken by the Bleachers' Association in the early 1900s and mounted in album form as a memento of Bradshaw Hall before its demolition in 1949.</p><hr /><p><i>The oldest portion of Bradshaw Hall no longer exists. It is felt that some pictorial record of a house so long and intimately associated with our business should be preserved for the interest of those who will succeed us.</i></p><p><i>The following photographs, therefore, have been selected and reproduced from a series obtained some thirty of forty years ago, and are intended to convey the most important features of the house.</i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigDRNvHn7aDf1DxoFt4g2v_Lj6hmC9-RCXZzjLq9pSmeCvf5s9iv-Rl435tOCeR1Ss_YF7pKURhxxgltd1dKBkC9G5vvlFy9ktwc7oPIhlsJIlv2-O1VIaBr8o_HN4_XWAkGHmgGqAU56S0VAxXzw-iQcmzp2Qr4es-0YIIm0LQCIDau_qvqODOSfXgw/s1918/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(01).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="1918" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigDRNvHn7aDf1DxoFt4g2v_Lj6hmC9-RCXZzjLq9pSmeCvf5s9iv-Rl435tOCeR1Ss_YF7pKURhxxgltd1dKBkC9G5vvlFy9ktwc7oPIhlsJIlv2-O1VIaBr8o_HN4_XWAkGHmgGqAU56S0VAxXzw-iQcmzp2Qr4es-0YIIm0LQCIDau_qvqODOSfXgw/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(01).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 1 - Bradshaw Hall and grounds. South front.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name='more'></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUcVDUHzwbhJi2MpiLUq5e1lAt_RdhSj032kTbXyMl0kbqXcst2ZlioEtPc6rcDulG9g4VHoTvap8HLfg_3mfCXXIktVrB7hCNd0SE0L7B9ooUDOmov-YFii0OoK6ClP4c58UD1m3Dav3DX81YYDxlMZXBNgkuE9Kj1ar7B54hlbQSchxjr-R_msghAo/s1951/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(02).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="1951" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUcVDUHzwbhJi2MpiLUq5e1lAt_RdhSj032kTbXyMl0kbqXcst2ZlioEtPc6rcDulG9g4VHoTvap8HLfg_3mfCXXIktVrB7hCNd0SE0L7B9ooUDOmov-YFii0OoK6ClP4c58UD1m3Dav3DX81YYDxlMZXBNgkuE9Kj1ar7B54hlbQSchxjr-R_msghAo/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(02).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 2 - East front dating from the early 17th century.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZXE2ekcYDJGitEoeznG1PYA_T-2Rf_tiab5w-y6blbFvjRkLkQtojPY0J1yeFS3qhxW5TA8f_GEx1ejfiWZd9zAVsjSegQdvTbUiduoCWS5vDvPXKoupcKigVDDPEr6qyYb64menvr-DrYk6hU-7XjACUw7yGkNtmHtymzjgJ4rjUfxI_q-5Hfor9c0/s1877/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(03).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1877" data-original-width="1345" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZXE2ekcYDJGitEoeznG1PYA_T-2Rf_tiab5w-y6blbFvjRkLkQtojPY0J1yeFS3qhxW5TA8f_GEx1ejfiWZd9zAVsjSegQdvTbUiduoCWS5vDvPXKoupcKigVDDPEr6qyYb64menvr-DrYk6hU-7XjACUw7yGkNtmHtymzjgJ4rjUfxI_q-5Hfor9c0/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(03).jpg" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 3 - The old north wing showing a portion of the modern north-west wing<br />added by the late Thomas Hardcastle in 1880.<br />The old wing with its parapet indicated the original height of the house</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrTdTf8Uv8joMJdMkTrihbtBbxSyp7myzx-zb-Ag3Q8VCyYgAJNUyXTYrzf0QvP4TbKAjpqFemRB-mc25xrvlnXe5Scp_Rkps8TnkvcTWv9EEjz0Yf41Yi_9NLRa0mDdoxmT4h1HCO5FE-OpHFgZE4WJzxr8Z2ESvPTf88fYEAahhuqMKQvpWUXW0iDw/s1918/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(04).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1918" data-original-width="1374" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrTdTf8Uv8joMJdMkTrihbtBbxSyp7myzx-zb-Ag3Q8VCyYgAJNUyXTYrzf0QvP4TbKAjpqFemRB-mc25xrvlnXe5Scp_Rkps8TnkvcTWv9EEjz0Yf41Yi_9NLRa0mDdoxmT4h1HCO5FE-OpHFgZE4WJzxr8Z2ESvPTf88fYEAahhuqMKQvpWUXW0iDw/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(04).jpg" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 4 - The late Col. H. M. Hardcastle, J.P., D.L.,<br />1871-1948.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-8wWrkWlmXlUgYAtcK2Cyg5hL-fygeOURzwEM20HPilcIc34bd9jkeafNP2lUTpdXCNF3Zc2Fj5xvyspiWZpwEd-p_aoPcQ1fbIgTB3fR118swU6p0hJA-UhoNHTG_iQOT93kJwqiFS0qijKNAnE7dUkcLxHb9lGfqq3ZV0I9MxVAbFSeHCjbkcKfyE/s1939/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(05).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1939" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-8wWrkWlmXlUgYAtcK2Cyg5hL-fygeOURzwEM20HPilcIc34bd9jkeafNP2lUTpdXCNF3Zc2Fj5xvyspiWZpwEd-p_aoPcQ1fbIgTB3fR118swU6p0hJA-UhoNHTG_iQOT93kJwqiFS0qijKNAnE7dUkcLxHb9lGfqq3ZV0I9MxVAbFSeHCjbkcKfyE/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(05).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 5 - Entrance Hall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5nHWTC4Lk5UL0pgAJpni4BUetahMAO_lJ8UFuSXgzRYjOAeT3BwCadnOSWsr4FXb7nz6BpGnJkpVfU4Ui1xNWXoOqKt8O9dmHywbiaOULqto-tcKljAnYVx0KIM8elnRJ-XNsnDxrvIjPYtdV9PJFMHljhfGfh2NqEJBv6C7tvmBTekpEKCBU0FmQy0/s1932/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(06).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="1932" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5nHWTC4Lk5UL0pgAJpni4BUetahMAO_lJ8UFuSXgzRYjOAeT3BwCadnOSWsr4FXb7nz6BpGnJkpVfU4Ui1xNWXoOqKt8O9dmHywbiaOULqto-tcKljAnYVx0KIM8elnRJ-XNsnDxrvIjPYtdV9PJFMHljhfGfh2NqEJBv6C7tvmBTekpEKCBU0FmQy0/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(06).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 6 - Stone Hall.<br />This apartment was situate in the old north wing,<br />and contained several fine examples of 17th century furniture and armour.<br />Upon the demolition of the building, a huge arched fireplace<br />13-ft. by 3-in. wide and 6-ft. by 6-in. high was revealed<br />at the back of the chimney piece shown in the picture</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPVmNWE5NMlE6TyuzjsgVn-qYVG85C-D5rc7-Ja75S9cRchixJO4JjwWnsHaRt-D6WzHkdIAfdOAC1_Ba6Ge2aMFwPleQPiMiSLVDVhef1VTMSejlvoDpvfcPpRzRuAPtDW8CEQbxYYI4PPOYTs1GbUBsSh-wRlk-V-Mcja7TrUjOPACDYaB1BU7x_Gw/s1932/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(07).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1932" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPVmNWE5NMlE6TyuzjsgVn-qYVG85C-D5rc7-Ja75S9cRchixJO4JjwWnsHaRt-D6WzHkdIAfdOAC1_Ba6Ge2aMFwPleQPiMiSLVDVhef1VTMSejlvoDpvfcPpRzRuAPtDW8CEQbxYYI4PPOYTs1GbUBsSh-wRlk-V-Mcja7TrUjOPACDYaB1BU7x_Gw/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(07).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 7 - Stone Hall.<br />The finely carved court cupboard was reputed to have been<br />one of the original pieces of furniture at the house.<br />(Now at Turton Tower Museum.)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9n2G4xe_fkDnD-2n13Y_57319DmxMHFN_ae_lNxMunTiKdwgeeMnwG54l5BWE365Q-ZjhqwrT2ieI1oPHoSmefzkaVWYaEpEyv0YRPn70a3RG3etZ_uL1j5lgX6Xd-zSE9PAUdqRRPfeKErCi8gv8hJxIA4-4oOChmvPui7mWP0Hx6QcDcyc4VXJ-I7Q/s1916/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(08).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="1916" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9n2G4xe_fkDnD-2n13Y_57319DmxMHFN_ae_lNxMunTiKdwgeeMnwG54l5BWE365Q-ZjhqwrT2ieI1oPHoSmefzkaVWYaEpEyv0YRPn70a3RG3etZ_uL1j5lgX6Xd-zSE9PAUdqRRPfeKErCi8gv8hJxIA4-4oOChmvPui7mWP0Hx6QcDcyc4VXJ-I7Q/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(08).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 8 - Study.<br />Two 17th century quarries of stained glass <br />bearing the arms and crests of Bradshaw were emblazoned<br />in the windows of this room.<br />(Now at Turton Tower Museum)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhQ1PG5i0mcXgjO8k5Y3ZqzPaIAlyH0dnIgfZfwg1eFDS26mVnN4KhnDGl7qBjvWEmcv9p_dXLBeWhvTQj6d3pkN5dmYwk5vpnVOLup6JkgxNThEuHWBw3zzVTlIiqRV9Vsp0ibgm_rOCtgjcZtN5KSEVKQGqg1q4DH_IJFYKwx-S2yVezFzu7SlwvyQ/s1912/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(09).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="1912" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhQ1PG5i0mcXgjO8k5Y3ZqzPaIAlyH0dnIgfZfwg1eFDS26mVnN4KhnDGl7qBjvWEmcv9p_dXLBeWhvTQj6d3pkN5dmYwk5vpnVOLup6JkgxNThEuHWBw3zzVTlIiqRV9Vsp0ibgm_rOCtgjcZtN5KSEVKQGqg1q4DH_IJFYKwx-S2yVezFzu7SlwvyQ/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(09).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 9 - Drawing Room.<br />This apartment situate in the south wing contained several examples<br />of fine marquetry together with pictures by Jan Van Os, Jan Van Huysum,<br />John David de Heem and others.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccWf1SfyPzNiGeqm8RE3oYUGz1P_Lzh6fES8Qg5vaIV-quLKDtDbS0zQZk3At5obwEpFo_Jgh4VU1tPmiFMzSyCzppUIXR8lCbsZjPAT9IWz6YRNoPJN39F70K2lhOlS-oLQwk4boHgIatnIjJaaK9IjJUmchIAurVGBF_swClHzULN7jpWJRP3-v5so/s1916/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(10).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="1916" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccWf1SfyPzNiGeqm8RE3oYUGz1P_Lzh6fES8Qg5vaIV-quLKDtDbS0zQZk3At5obwEpFo_Jgh4VU1tPmiFMzSyCzppUIXR8lCbsZjPAT9IWz6YRNoPJN39F70K2lhOlS-oLQwk4boHgIatnIjJaaK9IjJUmchIAurVGBF_swClHzULN7jpWJRP3-v5so/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(10).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 10 - Dining Room<br />Originally the kitchen of the house.<br />The oak wainscoting in this room was formerly at Blaston Hall,<br />the Leicestershire seat of the late Thomas Hardcastle, 1836-1902.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-pMkN5PERKZDMpW4Ud2nuMuEQEkZJDj18QZg31MFUnN7pHil5mC52qIx09gHUXJ3wElkB31wvLrhxwnk4QQ04Zms80Q29ftnv8yInjKHnnyFi_w9nSMaGcIaos8M9T8yhi8ik0A21J7g8IUTFqv-jfepzIzA-iROuxKnKS_q9-PCNc9plAaVGtPFccI/s1864/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(11).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1864" data-original-width="1345" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-pMkN5PERKZDMpW4Ud2nuMuEQEkZJDj18QZg31MFUnN7pHil5mC52qIx09gHUXJ3wElkB31wvLrhxwnk4QQ04Zms80Q29ftnv8yInjKHnnyFi_w9nSMaGcIaos8M9T8yhi8ik0A21J7g8IUTFqv-jfepzIzA-iROuxKnKS_q9-PCNc9plAaVGtPFccI/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(11).jpg" width="231" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 11 - Principal stair and landing.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dN6rs32f9Srm9LkL6noLWPOje_gdZjSLKZa7snxmQ3711FI6rIX8ZS565al-vdlhi9QjsamLlMmpZYpPSlneiz3xIaAVGRoVIghFe3YEwDz67UV1Qm2UgP2xO9ItqJ0XSyu3hOUxIzZVaEJR-PqkRuUjQF4kFnK00CIz4lKmRDFd9aLwDh9_aH-rxqI/s1921/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(12).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1921" data-original-width="1352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dN6rs32f9Srm9LkL6noLWPOje_gdZjSLKZa7snxmQ3711FI6rIX8ZS565al-vdlhi9QjsamLlMmpZYpPSlneiz3xIaAVGRoVIghFe3YEwDz67UV1Qm2UgP2xO9ItqJ0XSyu3hOUxIzZVaEJR-PqkRuUjQF4kFnK00CIz4lKmRDFd9aLwDh9_aH-rxqI/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(12).jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 12 - Ante-room<br />Portrait in oils of the late Mrs. Thomas Hardcastle (nee Purdon).<br />The young girl in the picture is Edith Roberta, her youngest daughter,<br />afterwards Mrs. C. W. B. Fernie of Keythorpe Hall, Leicestershire</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicX9wwRKqWehD4NoyKv0zGI_E8m68NiRA81ldpTJ8JtvxmKDeYPr0lTi2rmbs6txHbzZXojn63OHw04YbgwUp0gx-UubT5-zYM2c2-3CfFbyWG_YPhByKgK0_mSyJfdmKMEgnM65vscooxyF2SrHKM0Udi2YVilJa4FBzkf6qPCPcii25Zbbw6S5q7hqo/s1910/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(13).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="1910" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicX9wwRKqWehD4NoyKv0zGI_E8m68NiRA81ldpTJ8JtvxmKDeYPr0lTi2rmbs6txHbzZXojn63OHw04YbgwUp0gx-UubT5-zYM2c2-3CfFbyWG_YPhByKgK0_mSyJfdmKMEgnM65vscooxyF2SrHKM0Udi2YVilJa4FBzkf6qPCPcii25Zbbw6S5q7hqo/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(13).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 13 - Ante-room</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RQYykmjNN1MY8ojYYtWUcwekwkSuUDk40mxC5bGa7j2y3dMlMbjlDKKXiqSkBCef2jaQb2LHDTTd5yDboGRoGE9QVhriM4rrab_ETI_BYGz9xqO6918DcBWwg-tBM88RhQE7Stb83ghWhudtuPChl3ccAhjrkKS2MFGaV4-8NLbcTrCijbT0ldWppBI/s1868/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(14).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="1868" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RQYykmjNN1MY8ojYYtWUcwekwkSuUDk40mxC5bGa7j2y3dMlMbjlDKKXiqSkBCef2jaQb2LHDTTd5yDboGRoGE9QVhriM4rrab_ETI_BYGz9xqO6918DcBWwg-tBM88RhQE7Stb83ghWhudtuPChl3ccAhjrkKS2MFGaV4-8NLbcTrCijbT0ldWppBI/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(14).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 14 - The Bradshaw Bed<br />One of the original pieces of furniture at the house.<br />This is dated 1542, and bears the arms and initials of<br />Thomas & Mary Bradshaw.<br />(Now at Turton Tower Museum)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZmqxI2UmdelwZ1A2JwJbB4ueEuRFbavJYSwCA4cEHx6srb5IyqB-9D2cK_81wbIH8IVeUPt7lPfWyHca6Ohy-tsEK4_dQsyvqVzTRl3Xo07FljhGjcHRwvAUs78VOvNBVgb39ry4P8iO2tA1vgCWwQrPv0-AxUw6qF-tbvFgGMiDzpb8C3fn5yk8OIM/s1878/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(15).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="1878" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZmqxI2UmdelwZ1A2JwJbB4ueEuRFbavJYSwCA4cEHx6srb5IyqB-9D2cK_81wbIH8IVeUPt7lPfWyHca6Ohy-tsEK4_dQsyvqVzTRl3Xo07FljhGjcHRwvAUs78VOvNBVgb39ry4P8iO2tA1vgCWwQrPv0-AxUw6qF-tbvFgGMiDzpb8C3fn5yk8OIM/s320/Bradshaw%20Hall%20Plate%20(15).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plate 15 - Crib Room.<br />Bed dated 1667<br />(Now at Turton Tower Museum)</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-67471174244901454922023-08-08T09:14:00.000-07:002023-08-09T12:48:11.975-07:00Bolton Co-operatives (David Lloyd)<h2>Upcoming Talk - August 2023</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Harwood Methodist Church</i><br />Thursday 24th August 2023</p><div>Speaker: David Lloyd</div><div><br /></div><div>The talk will look at the history of the Bolton Co-operative society from its foundation with one shop in 1859 through to the current day convenience stores, as well as looking at the history of the wider co-operative retail movement and its influence on the North West from its original origins in Rochdale.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zCwF0bmxuBlCTgweR2TIQCs6P5DwTdC3sLig0MomX0XCyWWquaEPAcR8siinejawDjRVhePlL4FQVg3rwiHgh7sydfEP3727dQY1vjoHagj7nf5Iss0g59TcJpDGfm0P4oFxDefyXWPKo2gT4Nu0qHHqSGF68rIC0IVzuilVzSUfd_DwCTIru37u/s1000/Egerton%20Co-op%201%20(2b).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1000" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zCwF0bmxuBlCTgweR2TIQCs6P5DwTdC3sLig0MomX0XCyWWquaEPAcR8siinejawDjRVhePlL4FQVg3rwiHgh7sydfEP3727dQY1vjoHagj7nf5Iss0g59TcJpDGfm0P4oFxDefyXWPKo2gT4Nu0qHHqSGF68rIC0IVzuilVzSUfd_DwCTIru37u/s320/Egerton%20Co-op%201%20(2b).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Egerton Co-operative</td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-11060077650916548892023-08-01T11:19:00.000-07:002023-11-29T01:37:06.528-08:00Made in Manchester (Brian Groom)<h2>Upcoming Talk - August 2024</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Harwood Methodist Church</i><br />Thursday 22nd August 2024</p><div>Speaker: Brian Groom</div><div><br /></div><div>Based on Brian's forthcoming book; 'Made in Manchester: <i>The Story of the City that Shaped the Modern World'.</i> The book is a historical narrative of Manchester’s history of sport, music, literature and ideas <i>Made in Manchester</i> is a "lucid and wide-ranging" account of the city’s earliest days during the Roman era through to the likes of Emmeline Pankhurst, Anthony Burgess, and the bands Oasis and New Order. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSnwwERxqDd6O8iUJLRYSrAaKSweiK9asX9kZ1glXAueD59Y1vNxY_5ZVVuqLiC1VDJrkWg-GOF9Zxx1NzSndSv2RbaTzlmw3fH6UNUh2lRVcytjcGwNOb8H649t2Jq-yL97vt8X4HTQtfM9kA8Eb69avRgJD5H7gPbmwIZn2qqam71lg_R3mVeFUdPM/s1500/Made%20in%20Manchester.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSnwwERxqDd6O8iUJLRYSrAaKSweiK9asX9kZ1glXAueD59Y1vNxY_5ZVVuqLiC1VDJrkWg-GOF9Zxx1NzSndSv2RbaTzlmw3fH6UNUh2lRVcytjcGwNOb8H649t2Jq-yL97vt8X4HTQtfM9kA8Eb69avRgJD5H7gPbmwIZn2qqam71lg_R3mVeFUdPM/s320/Made%20in%20Manchester.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-11724988436078617012023-07-27T14:19:00.002-07:002023-08-08T11:09:17.664-07:00Photographs of Bradshaw Bleachworks<p>Bradshaw Works was a large bleachworks in Bradshaw, built in the grounds of Bradshaw Hall. In 1834, the Bradshaw family sold 60 acres of land to Thomas Hardcastle for his bleaching and dyeworks operation. Production at the works continued right up until 1963.</p><p>When the TLHS publication <i>'<a href="http://www.turtonhistory.com/2016/10/4-bradshaw-works.html">Bradshaw Works</a>'</i> was released in 1979, some of the stone buildings had been demolished and others were in ruins. The remaining buildings had been sub-divided for use by small local businesses. In the 1990s, the site was redeveloped as a residential estate and is now Bradshaw Hall Drive and the attached roads.</p><p>The black and white photographs of the Bradshaw Works below are from the TLHS archives, and were taken in the mid 1980s.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0S9s7e3VqHiJ1P9qRBIyqpxkqZ0CqNUBSLjHpiln_jr8W6fWjyRcHhj73eI_9zy6MLOb0TUMxo8TcBCr0DMtcDAYuD_fglFeELkuMWTFcoayX0TG7R3UoQxb8hALlbjeGEI8LUjqXCRpeuoneAwgnISVnHBweHt1Zps63TVd3gW6ED-KxZRhbJkBt9oc/s1736/Bradshaw%20Works%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1736" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0S9s7e3VqHiJ1P9qRBIyqpxkqZ0CqNUBSLjHpiln_jr8W6fWjyRcHhj73eI_9zy6MLOb0TUMxo8TcBCr0DMtcDAYuD_fglFeELkuMWTFcoayX0TG7R3UoQxb8hALlbjeGEI8LUjqXCRpeuoneAwgnISVnHBweHt1Zps63TVd3gW6ED-KxZRhbJkBt9oc/s320/Bradshaw%20Works%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#1 - Stenter Building 1990s</td></tr></tbody></table><a name='more'></a><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wAwBXKk_hBFyHVNTvwlQxKYk2hdscd2G2SfBCyFpqs7H2Xc3Mqj-mJDSj59KBWHBwWZv5hOeBcUSM_1YdMSzuHWlzpXf8qc7AUJvLAuZV3RjGqGFJoR5Hh98EJraXUSlOvMk7a8JK92sUgLbnP-v6U5qdOCH8wasa5O7Ii97qe0HQRwlHWhTrpWEPgA/s1386/Bradshaw%20Works%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1386" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wAwBXKk_hBFyHVNTvwlQxKYk2hdscd2G2SfBCyFpqs7H2Xc3Mqj-mJDSj59KBWHBwWZv5hOeBcUSM_1YdMSzuHWlzpXf8qc7AUJvLAuZV3RjGqGFJoR5Hh98EJraXUSlOvMk7a8JK92sUgLbnP-v6U5qdOCH8wasa5O7Ii97qe0HQRwlHWhTrpWEPgA/s320/Bradshaw%20Works%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#2 - Bradshaw Works</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVarBCBqMXzS-gUzD5eyQiM8j4fPDLhl2m84Rfs_sZLpZRaGEWuTwfAzPY-apIXN1eQZonQAykeita_uhM0x28D2Idh9P4gQtz62IGpKFH3TmWzVlOD-5aRsFq-PfEiGoE2-dDnwEWf2mpixkoifsEtcjyl7NB61ZgvHDLa2VJum9jLuQ3GNFBigFBkhc/s1385/Bradshaw%20Works%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1385" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVarBCBqMXzS-gUzD5eyQiM8j4fPDLhl2m84Rfs_sZLpZRaGEWuTwfAzPY-apIXN1eQZonQAykeita_uhM0x28D2Idh9P4gQtz62IGpKFH3TmWzVlOD-5aRsFq-PfEiGoE2-dDnwEWf2mpixkoifsEtcjyl7NB61ZgvHDLa2VJum9jLuQ3GNFBigFBkhc/s320/Bradshaw%20Works%20(3).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#3 - Bradshaw Works</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10tsNHwM_04pV9uZ-twzaEcmKlT-KljDrmKnQ6bG1J14N9X3ja-0vYZZgB-G7dY3iIGTPGc13BaG8NdbtlS734Syet1bHT6qGIkc5h0kjWC0FKrxikrdDP5c84Y_OZIqhGMi48IfXlC170E3exvlcgbELcFq_v144e1XZzydcBR0wT5fbRik_B458Reo/s1374/Bradshaw%20Works%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1374" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10tsNHwM_04pV9uZ-twzaEcmKlT-KljDrmKnQ6bG1J14N9X3ja-0vYZZgB-G7dY3iIGTPGc13BaG8NdbtlS734Syet1bHT6qGIkc5h0kjWC0FKrxikrdDP5c84Y_OZIqhGMi48IfXlC170E3exvlcgbELcFq_v144e1XZzydcBR0wT5fbRik_B458Reo/s320/Bradshaw%20Works%20(4).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#4 - Stenter Building Datestone 'JH 1871'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnxcb3B8zvGBWlIk0LqsTSvoEBj3-SuEJNau7to7KwddH1Hv82v8Xw61Oh3wYCTlb4oZpQtFSE1fA4dZYbEwXa9wDfRPIoYmeVwqKHX2Bry57bDRybJjh6NET47lku4tLkbtRPZTEMfNj-3lSbVW3K-V-8QtODDzQSmFe8hwqqP73ic455U5uJbFp3aY/s1398/Bradshaw%20Works%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="1398" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnxcb3B8zvGBWlIk0LqsTSvoEBj3-SuEJNau7to7KwddH1Hv82v8Xw61Oh3wYCTlb4oZpQtFSE1fA4dZYbEwXa9wDfRPIoYmeVwqKHX2Bry57bDRybJjh6NET47lku4tLkbtRPZTEMfNj-3lSbVW3K-V-8QtODDzQSmFe8hwqqP73ic455U5uJbFp3aY/s320/Bradshaw%20Works%20(5).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#5 - Stenter Building</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfQJdy4uVzxJdBgj2T5z9zUC0K9ywLlZToX7NJPwYy94ubX9vi_QvcBUVKlAZ6imwIES14JuZhnc3xfwdJW_ZNBI5ZHvZuCzHamSb-UAKnI5s3cXmRJyFfGpvjcqfuaTWwBWCvpe4q-NStEn7dBYiojK8Bbjj0DFCAjWXYuiTct_PVLlGydqWfQ6z9PI/s1379/Bradshaw%20Works%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="1379" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfQJdy4uVzxJdBgj2T5z9zUC0K9ywLlZToX7NJPwYy94ubX9vi_QvcBUVKlAZ6imwIES14JuZhnc3xfwdJW_ZNBI5ZHvZuCzHamSb-UAKnI5s3cXmRJyFfGpvjcqfuaTWwBWCvpe4q-NStEn7dBYiojK8Bbjj0DFCAjWXYuiTct_PVLlGydqWfQ6z9PI/s320/Bradshaw%20Works%20(6).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#6 - Bradshaw Works</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCaQc7-K4xxEQ0owYqI6FdogcpgtztYzbizOZav7BORominsHX0u3I8hQvYbNEbR9wkCzwpvkdHZhPsgEjBpnhGqDjiiaOAcaZZ-uYT3o8AgwvHxHy_ElyqBw0-dGXugn-rjOpNlCJ1475sMm9GQZ2xEi5ENmX-hM-8y0k_2eG8El_fLRMTyaGcAQDG8/s2533/Bradshaw%20Works%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="2533" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCaQc7-K4xxEQ0owYqI6FdogcpgtztYzbizOZav7BORominsHX0u3I8hQvYbNEbR9wkCzwpvkdHZhPsgEjBpnhGqDjiiaOAcaZZ-uYT3o8AgwvHxHy_ElyqBw0-dGXugn-rjOpNlCJ1475sMm9GQZ2xEi5ENmX-hM-8y0k_2eG8El_fLRMTyaGcAQDG8/s320/Bradshaw%20Works%20(7).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#7 - Smithy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmIQgvPq_9XAIPm72o8Ig6OXADH0vPnGMVk914RuB2zHtrGI4bl5D6kDFq1ZmrC8MCZumn9P-CjnFswk8BJCVrLNb1UQxoUTe0B82sR_GsH62AuOgb9ZpAjXwev-3luGzOD_RVqtxAs6zbNzEJFimNnPqjSfU2UM5cw6aFxetWl3JBQB2kKlHoT6rbXo/s2530/Bradshaw%20Works%20(8).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="2530" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmIQgvPq_9XAIPm72o8Ig6OXADH0vPnGMVk914RuB2zHtrGI4bl5D6kDFq1ZmrC8MCZumn9P-CjnFswk8BJCVrLNb1UQxoUTe0B82sR_GsH62AuOgb9ZpAjXwev-3luGzOD_RVqtxAs6zbNzEJFimNnPqjSfU2UM5cw6aFxetWl3JBQB2kKlHoT6rbXo/s320/Bradshaw%20Works%20(8).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#8 - Bradshaw Works</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJiKsp1DgHx2jJtEeTlOvyM7TIQLm7ltK61VPo5LWV9xOnyoML7NyAMu-vDPV631akxqI3Q4fKSiV3l9MRcQgShsFw9VjsDMfzCPsoR3Am3DKdQI7by0NB1UrMFFrT1goyZ7XFmG65FKCmS_ijrRPuNrr71VzMYDexDrz0JQ2QiguN_mPNgmu_hsZG9w/s2874/Bradshaw%20Works%20(9).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1894" data-original-width="2874" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJiKsp1DgHx2jJtEeTlOvyM7TIQLm7ltK61VPo5LWV9xOnyoML7NyAMu-vDPV631akxqI3Q4fKSiV3l9MRcQgShsFw9VjsDMfzCPsoR3Am3DKdQI7by0NB1UrMFFrT1goyZ7XFmG65FKCmS_ijrRPuNrr71VzMYDexDrz0JQ2QiguN_mPNgmu_hsZG9w/s320/Bradshaw%20Works%20(9).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#9 - Bradshaw Works entrance and old stables 1985<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaB7AuwESJqPsctnm31_q8hEXrDY2bkgFdGiJeHmd-7mIeMjtIYJPRYa5cTtRS4T4MLplFI3HeZA73JbvxiosWBhKUL83Or2HoyCVxrd0R53a_qJHX2f-oD2n5KUK1WYw0U3L01umCqBKk8lioHl_JehAIjmqLFxDEUHIOa_c2kuZboSbR3VfFxsMuxBc/s2539/Bradshaw%20Works%20(10).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="2539" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaB7AuwESJqPsctnm31_q8hEXrDY2bkgFdGiJeHmd-7mIeMjtIYJPRYa5cTtRS4T4MLplFI3HeZA73JbvxiosWBhKUL83Or2HoyCVxrd0R53a_qJHX2f-oD2n5KUK1WYw0U3L01umCqBKk8lioHl_JehAIjmqLFxDEUHIOa_c2kuZboSbR3VfFxsMuxBc/s320/Bradshaw%20Works%20(10).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#10 - Grey Room (centre left) and Stenter Shop (right)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-80541400434574638082023-06-22T09:59:00.000-07:002023-06-23T02:53:06.892-07:00Tour of Smithills Hall<h2>Upcoming Visit - July 2023</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Smithills Hall</i><br />Thursday 27th July 2023</p><div>Guide: Friends of Smithills Hall</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Smithills Hall is set in land on the edge of the West Pennine Moors, Smithills Hall is one of the oldest and best preserved manor houses in the North West of England.</div><div><br /></div><div>Over the years the original Medieval Hall has been added to, and provides a fascinating history of the people who lived there. The buildings include Tudor and Victorian wings, in addition to the Medieval Hall, and a private Chapel. </div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVP8KXbxmIpjbDzOZPuqSjYRnQ8Vv2bpJGfMWwVSOBQD9Z9CyD68K-GPkr4i1AG8sElsBdej2lLAbp408azJTKxDFfl2rb8BgSZZNHpLbcsFs5Rz7EKkFVr4966aEUzMHciYYeoJvDsdVYMqpylHU9EsCYs9NLo8nVGJCI4SV0nS7ksHbIgWLoeRz/s748/Smithills%20Hall.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="748" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVP8KXbxmIpjbDzOZPuqSjYRnQ8Vv2bpJGfMWwVSOBQD9Z9CyD68K-GPkr4i1AG8sElsBdej2lLAbp408azJTKxDFfl2rb8BgSZZNHpLbcsFs5Rz7EKkFVr4966aEUzMHciYYeoJvDsdVYMqpylHU9EsCYs9NLo8nVGJCI4SV0nS7ksHbIgWLoeRz/s320/Smithills%20Hall.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smithills Hall from the South, 1820<br />(Bolton Library & Museum Services, Bolton Council)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-76603102525529469432023-06-21T03:16:00.000-07:002023-06-23T03:42:45.890-07:00Heritage Walks in Harwood<p>The <i>"Live from Worktown’s My Place Walks"</i> project is organising some heritage walks in Harwood over the summer for the over 50s. The first is on Thursday 20th July at 10.30am repeated on Saturday 22nd at 10.30am.</p><p>4 miles. Easy paths with some heritage facts thrown in.</p><p>To join in email <a href="mailto:Pdf1@hotmail.co.uk">Pdf1@hotmail.co.uk</a>. Limited places.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivY8sYg1g6taR5NqF_8LbnARB0nmyt3vUUrvgJbxld_WnQMfYoSc-F3e5AaqnHvQq1Ozg3jMCmsh_1ZxxRPkfBorfYmJv57PjO3Wz8u9UQ0T48_p9p8n4BXdEA2XWO2NjhaDUg9xnMUPZq6g4OFcJz2LGEZVc16XSzBYuFcOYU6aybOeTNowst6HdH1Ig/s311/live-from-worktown.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="311" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivY8sYg1g6taR5NqF_8LbnARB0nmyt3vUUrvgJbxld_WnQMfYoSc-F3e5AaqnHvQq1Ozg3jMCmsh_1ZxxRPkfBorfYmJv57PjO3Wz8u9UQ0T48_p9p8n4BXdEA2XWO2NjhaDUg9xnMUPZq6g4OFcJz2LGEZVc16XSzBYuFcOYU6aybOeTNowst6HdH1Ig/s1600/live-from-worktown.jpeg" width="311" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-18964710968332006222023-06-19T04:14:00.000-07:002023-06-21T01:07:58.870-07:00Cheetham Close Stone Circle (Tony Greenwood)<h2>Upcoming Walk - June 2023</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Harwood Methodist Church, Longsight</i><br />Thursday 22nd June 2023</p><div>Guide: Tony Greenwood</div><p>You could be forgiven for walking right past Turton's stone circle and not even noticing that it was there. The stones are now barely visible above the tufts of moorland grass. The ruinous condition of this circle are said to be the result of a local farmer taking a sledgehammer to the stones around 1871. It was said to be in a good condition until that point.</p><p>We will attempt to discern the shape of the circle and, if we are lucky, the location of the 10 stones identified in earlier surveys.</p><p>Details of meeting place and time have been sent to members by email.</p><p>The walk will be over open moorland, so it's important that adequate walking gear and boots are worn.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkgNHtmMie8avLlD6md4wqiD69JgavrRc5mxg5dheq7PrwSg7KpsiY_2kpPTw0CtArm5DMh3-aqEdTW9kJF_3Df0OFT6wvYmTCYKLJcV7em8EFVNNgtchp85IzSaWWTJZZccBQdjMnT_sxg7_mHSeQ8d5z3YZG_gVWQPDMarW5lMOCvMJ1HwVbsXs/s768/Cheetham%20Close%20Stone%20Circle.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="768" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkgNHtmMie8avLlD6md4wqiD69JgavrRc5mxg5dheq7PrwSg7KpsiY_2kpPTw0CtArm5DMh3-aqEdTW9kJF_3Df0OFT6wvYmTCYKLJcV7em8EFVNNgtchp85IzSaWWTJZZccBQdjMnT_sxg7_mHSeQ8d5z3YZG_gVWQPDMarW5lMOCvMJ1HwVbsXs/s320/Cheetham%20Close%20Stone%20Circle.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stone Circle on Cheetham Close, Winter Hill behind<br />Photo credit: Tony Greenwood</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-64052432164920689992023-05-31T07:27:00.000-07:002023-06-21T01:07:25.506-07:00Book Fair at The Barlow - Saturday 17th June<p>Edgworth’s next book fair will be held at the The Barlow in June 2023.</p><p>Book dealers from around Lancashire and the Manchester area will be attending and offering for sale a range of contemporary books, and a few rare, vintage and antiquarian titles typically only seen in our ever diminishing number of old bookshops.</p><p>Subject matter will include both non-fiction and fiction, and will encompass local, social and general history, industrial archaeology, transport, North West interest, new age and health, art and science, nature and the environment, military, crime, music, theatre and film, thrillers, Folio Society publications, children’s books, antique and more recent annuals, interesting ephemera and some classical and contemporary literature.</p><p>Turton Local History Society will have a stall at the fair with copies of our various publications available to buy.</p><p>Entry will be free and the fair will be open from 9.30 am until 4.00 pm. 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Mr Fish Fish of Chapeltown, 1851</h2>
You might have thought that Fish would not be the obvious choice of first name for a child, particularly if your surname is also Fish. But the Fish family of Over Darwen started this tradition in 1771, and it continued right into the 1900s.<br />
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<i><b>Fish Fish</b></i> of Over Darwen held freehold property in Entwisle in 1836. Another Fish Fish lived in Chapeltown in 1851, with his wife and eight children, including his son Fish Fish. There were at least 12 births registered between 1837 and 1883, including one for Fish Fish Fish, registered in Blackburn in 1864. Any advances on three?<br />
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Dionysius Haworth of Chapeltown, Inn-Keeper (d. 1783)</h2>
Dionysus is the Greek god of the grape-harvest, wine-making and wine, amongst other things. So a fairly apt name for an inn-keeper. Dennis is the usual modern style, but the original Greek form seems to have been popular with the Howarth family in Rossendale going back to the early 1600s.<br />
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<i><b>Dionysius</b></i> Haworth was the inn keeper at The Black Bull in Chapeltown (the old name the Chetham Arms). He can be found in the licensing records from 1764 until his death in 1783 when his widow Margaret took over.<br />
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Virtue Names</h2>
Virtue, or grace names, are often associated with the 17th-century Puritans. While there is nothing locally that can compete with <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Barbon">"If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned" Barbon</a></i>, who was born in London in the 1630s, here are a few local examples of virtue names:<br />
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<i><b>Charity</b></i> Jones - Daughter of Joseph Jones & Sarah of Great Bolton (1809)<br />
<i><b>Honor</b></i> Holt - Daughter of Benjamin Holt & Isabel of Harwood (1768)<br />
<i><b>Hope</b></i> Tempest - Daughter of James Tempest of Little Bolton (1853)<br />
<b><i>Love</i></b> Hampson - Wife of James Hampson, proprietor of Castle in Harwood (1784)<br />
<i><b>Mercy</b></i> Walmsley - Daughter of Roger Walmsley & Jane of Great Bolton (1708)<br />
<i><b>Obedience</b></i> Scowcroft - Daughter of Richard Scowcroft of Bolton (1622)<br />
<i><b>Prudence</b></i> Entwistle of Naze End, Edgworth (1841)<br />
<i><b>Patience</b></i> Hall of Kay's Row, Harwood (1841)<br />
<i><b>Silence</b></i> Wallworke of Bolton (1701)<br />
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Makepeace Mason of Harwood, Farmer, 1725</h2>
<i><b>Makepeace</b></i> Mason was born in 1658 in Tonge, and was an Overseer of the Poor for Turton in 1694. He married Anne and had 8 children, moving around between Turton, Harwood and Halliwell over the years. He died in 1725 and was buried at Bolton.<br />
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Decimus Durham of Egerton, 1841</h2>
<i><b>Decimus</b></i> was the 10th son of a Yorkshire tea dealer called Marmaduke Durham. His older brother John came to Egerton and opened a grocery store, and Decimus was residing there with him at the time of the 1841 census.<br />
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Three of their brothers had similar Latin personal names, Septimus, Octavius and Nonus. The earlier brothers escaped with the more conventional names of Marmaduke, William, John, George, James and Christopher, but had their parents cottoned on to the idea sooner might have been called Primus, Secundus, Tertus, Quartus, Quintus and Sextus.<br />
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Abednigo Howarth of Edgworth & other Biblical Names</h2>
Unsurprisingly, there is no shortage of Old Testament names in the old Turton records. Many Biblical names are still popular today and Jacob, Isaac, Noah, Daniel, Aaron, Joshua, and Samuel have been permanent fixtures in the top 100 UK names for many years now. Here are some local examples, mainly from the 18th-19th centuries:<br />
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<i><b>Aaron</b></i> Crawshaw of Turton<br />
<i><b>Abednigo</b></i> Howarth of Edgworth<br />
<i><b>Abel</b></i> Shepherd of Stanrose<br />
<i><b>Abraham</b></i> Parkinson of Brandwood Fold, Edgworth<br />
<i><b>Amos</b></i> Sewell of Egerton<br />
<i><b>Elijah</b></i> Bullough of Bedford Row<br />
<i><b>Enoch</b></i> Booth of Club Houses<br />
<i><b>Ephraim</b></i> Nightingale of Edgworth<br />
<i><b>Immanuel</b></i> Rigby of Egerton Vale<br />
<i><b>Isaac</b> </i>Cleworth of Eagley Vale<br />
<i><b>Isaiah</b></i> Waddiker of Bottoms, Edgworth<br />
<i><b>Israel</b></i> Bury of Whittlestone Head, Entwistle<br />
<i><b>Jabez</b></i> Birch of the Old White Horse, Edgworth<br />
<b><i>Jehonadab</i></b> Melling of Edgworth<br />
<i><b>Jeremiah</b></i> Hadson of Entwisle's Houses<br />
<i><b>Jethro</b></i> Haslam of Harwood<br />
<i><b>Levi</b></i> Nightingale of Edgworth<br />
<i><b>Lot</b></i> Waddicar of Edgworth<br />
<i><b>Moses</b></i> Waddington of Old Globe<br />
<i><b>Noah</b></i> Heaton of Harwood<br />
<i><b>Reuben</b></i> Ralph of Kenyon's Houses<br />
<i><b>Seth</b></i> Smalley of Egerton<br />
<i><b>Zachariah</b></i> Mather of Birtenshaw<br />
<i><b>Zilpha</b></i> Davison of Kettle Row, Edgworth<br />
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<i><b>Xenophon</b></i> was the name of one of the sons of William and Mary Blackburn, who lived in Egerton in 1841. Xenophon of Athens was an ancient Greek historian, philosopher and soldier.<br />
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<b><i>Parthenia</i></b> Crompton lived at Back Barry Row in Egerton in 1841. Another name of Greek origin, it means <i>maiden</i> or <i>virgin</i><br />
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<b><i>Celestial</i></b> Melling (sometimes known as Celestian) was the son of Richard Melling & Dolly of Entwistle, baptised in 1800. Celestial means belonging to the sky, or the heavens.<br />
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<b><i>Christwell </i></b>Brandwood of Entwistle was buried at Turton in 1722. He was the son of <a href="http://www.turtonhistory.com/2018/01/the-brandwoods-1642-1826.html">Roger Brandwood of Entwistle Hall</a>.<br />
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<b><i>Okey </i></b>Entwistle of Entwistle is not in fact Okay as recorded in the baptism below, but Okey. Possibly there was some connection with the Okey family, and maybe Mr John Okey the well known seventeenth century Boltonian with the curious monumental inscription at Bolton Parish Church.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-20883800364405105182023-05-17T14:21:00.000-07:002023-11-28T23:51:09.523-08:00Visit to the Bolton Town Hall (The Mayor)<h2>Upcoming Visit - May 2024</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Harwood Methodist Church</i><br />Thursday 23rd May 2024 <b>18:30 </b>- 20:00</p><div>Guide: The Mayor</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>We will be visiting the Mayor's Parlour at Bolton Town Hall. The Mayor's Parlour and The Mayoress's Parlour are used to receive and entertain guests. They are also an opportunity to display some of the many gifts accepted on behalf of the Borough from visiting dignitaries over the years.</div><div><br /></div><div>Between the two parlours and also in the external corridor there are several cabinets displaying civic silverware, insignia and historic artefacts connected to the borough and to past Mayors of Bolton.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Meet at the security entrance of the town hall - this is on the south side of the town hall (across from the Wellsprings building - Bolton News), where the Mayor's Officer will greet us. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the start of the tour.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXrzQJTOCSpqMri9CzvmBTEjJEemL4ZFnr_JIoufq6gO-uaZS-CbWNufBhQSPDVNPy8xA7aqz-9lvEBn7jFvVSreYAoN99Wry7rWQU9EVXFDlPHkyO596h43jaLnNxKynUQoC4phAJ8zU8NB_s4iGpg1oh5up2SeFNZ5XUSTIc0dsYy2ajMpsywX_8tw/s1000/Bolton%20Town%20Hall.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bolton Town Hall" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1000" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXrzQJTOCSpqMri9CzvmBTEjJEemL4ZFnr_JIoufq6gO-uaZS-CbWNufBhQSPDVNPy8xA7aqz-9lvEBn7jFvVSreYAoN99Wry7rWQU9EVXFDlPHkyO596h43jaLnNxKynUQoC4phAJ8zU8NB_s4iGpg1oh5up2SeFNZ5XUSTIc0dsYy2ajMpsywX_8tw/w320-h160/Bolton%20Town%20Hall.jpeg" title="Bolton Town Hall" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-7324702694630930642023-04-26T11:47:00.001-07:002023-05-07T08:55:30.547-07:00Belmont: St. Peter's Church & the Blue Lagoon (Tom Carr)<h2>Upcoming Walk - May 2023</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Saint Peter's Church Path</i><br />Thursday 25th May 2023</p><div>Guide: Tom Carr</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Tom will give us a tour of the church yard and tell us about some of the people buried there linked with the church. We will then walk around to the Blue Lagoon and look at some of its features.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpS7arrXfSVIUKMX9G1_AaB8hS8oSBuGZBp0cYc_SaEZ-Mh8xxbWhe_nGlBnNMntbXHapb9gtZCJS5RxudpjqqDCvdORJiPEjHIlcEWvGjETLlr1QGqN5MedHM0fyq0PN3SG7MXhh6J02_YbjQ7PtWmruVPWsv5w7mAMkK4aikU6lgRVV0QMMCSw3/s2048/326351610_3110959305717202_5833757467374819396_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1637" data-original-width="2048" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpS7arrXfSVIUKMX9G1_AaB8hS8oSBuGZBp0cYc_SaEZ-Mh8xxbWhe_nGlBnNMntbXHapb9gtZCJS5RxudpjqqDCvdORJiPEjHIlcEWvGjETLlr1QGqN5MedHM0fyq0PN3SG7MXhh6J02_YbjQ7PtWmruVPWsv5w7mAMkK4aikU6lgRVV0QMMCSw3/s320/326351610_3110959305717202_5833757467374819396_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-11343709361844358142023-04-01T06:23:00.007-07:002023-04-02T07:58:12.117-07:00 Fund Raising to Save the Ruined Gardeners' Bothy at Turton Tower<p>Posted on behalf of the <b><i>Turton Tower Kitchen Garden Volunteers</i></b></p><p>The community garden at Turton Tower “The Kitchen Garden” was restored and continues to be run by a team of volunteers who have raised all the money for this through donations, events, plant sales and by applying for a small number of grants.</p><p>In one corner of the garden is the ruin of this two-storey gardeners’ bothy. It was built in the late 1800s but is now a ruin with some dangerously unstable stonework, requiring it, with a surrounding area of the garden to be fenced off.</p><p><a href="https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/turton-tower-bothy-and-garden">https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/turton-tower-bothy-and-garden</a></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgWU0AonLiPi2QLqIACtoYVY95IiXWfv0wv1arRtRs6O4Q6ka3OvDZNPOMOWlSTKdvcs9rDTFvD-N5ydqdnOuQ98bmNxKDnJfh51hzhfOPekTcKrNbAGvtwr7-C9xr5oq0f4QQI_WS1tGUfAFidQ-KYtUs6tnGuXnnJgvp4Mum_DO3vDeShEkYyAK/s3264/The%20Ruined%20Bothy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgWU0AonLiPi2QLqIACtoYVY95IiXWfv0wv1arRtRs6O4Q6ka3OvDZNPOMOWlSTKdvcs9rDTFvD-N5ydqdnOuQ98bmNxKDnJfh51hzhfOPekTcKrNbAGvtwr7-C9xr5oq0f4QQI_WS1tGUfAFidQ-KYtUs6tnGuXnnJgvp4Mum_DO3vDeShEkYyAK/w320-h240/The%20Ruined%20Bothy.jpg" title="Turton Tower - ruined gardeners bothy" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ruined bothy</td></tr></tbody></table><a name='more'></a><p>From their limited funds, the volunteers paid for a surveyor's structural report which details how to stabilise it and secure its future. They have estimates from heritage specialists to do this work, which will cost most of our £10,000 target, with the remainder used to buy fencing. The volunteers will then remove the temporary fencing to incorporate the bothy and the area around it into the kitchen garden, and erect new rabbit-proof fencing around the outside.</p><p>Then, in and around the bothy we will create a sensory garden, focussing on plants recommended for wildlife and year-round interest, including some medicinal plants. We will create a wildlife pond with natural planting and a seating area for visitors that overlooks the historic Turton Tower. Within the ruin, stone raised beds will be made for colourful scented plants. Entry to the bothy and its garden from the wider kitchen garden will be through a feature arch with climbing roses. This will link with new accessible paths leading through the bothy garden and inside the bothy where the history of the bothy will be explained.</p><p>All the work of clearing, constructing and planting the bothy garden will be done by the volunteers. Any surplus funds or any raised over our initial target will be used for this.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/turton-tower-bothy-and-garden" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="494" height="97" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF20yfU-MWk-Bf_j9DpHXjf6vrHiNKjHbbVxo6gJGSsXwv_YKEYINo4wT0JJvhACSfeZ4Qw0qs4NNCJH9Vo27koCvzRpCyFT88LNrb13pprnIKH-rRNR7Ck1sgXSJbe5npRPnS0ksAdRL6dBE5jhg7RS8tM3BhedH7mkIWhgVf-Gwzhee4R9j0eyLI/s320/donate-just-giving-button.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXKSB7TE4G6JFSMvCDynNzjCclsKUbRbw46pS_yYUFgIuupNSVRZX4S5Any-txh6J46D-aI2woJukoMFlGo6yOPS_dOo_WeOiuAk6AvcXzMePAm2jKOgeeK6zrTO57bI42UyPybF8HMraNLT9i6d3-z_SWs6JZ0HGp6_HJwqyWTWNf-S2ic5SnYic/s528/Turton%20Tower%20garden.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="327" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXKSB7TE4G6JFSMvCDynNzjCclsKUbRbw46pS_yYUFgIuupNSVRZX4S5Any-txh6J46D-aI2woJukoMFlGo6yOPS_dOo_WeOiuAk6AvcXzMePAm2jKOgeeK6zrTO57bI42UyPybF8HMraNLT9i6d3-z_SWs6JZ0HGp6_HJwqyWTWNf-S2ic5SnYic/s320/Turton%20Tower%20garden.JPG" width="198" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbaceous borders in the community garden</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010416334612814319.post-73460526727769310932023-03-21T11:44:00.001-07:002023-04-24T01:44:53.528-07:00Funland by the Foam<h2>Upcoming Talk - April 2023</h2><p><i>7.30pm at Harwood Methodist Church, Longsight</i><br />Thursday 27th April 2023</p><div>Speaker: Shirley Matthews</div><div><div><br /></div><div>From the beginning of the railways and other transportation, we will look at how Blackpool became such a hit for visitors in its heyday, taking us through to the 1960s.</div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Shirley is the granddaughter of Charles Allen Clarke (Teddy Ashton) 1863-1935, who was the subject of our <a href="http://www.turtonhistory.com/2021/08/allen-clarkes-moorlands-and-memories.html">talk in November 2021</a>. She provides talks on her grandfather’s life in Bolton and Blackpool, and is author of the book <i>‘Milltown Mischief’</i>, which is based on her grandfather’s experiences as a child working in the cotton mills of Bolton. Shirley is also Vice Chair of The Friends of Little Marton Windmill in Blackpool (which is dedicated to her grandfather), and is an affiliated Heritage Tour Guide for Blackpool, taking visitors on guided tours of The Tower, Stanley Park, Promenade and Heritage Tram Depot. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAikIOPJc0vRCN9ACjlD8mtEINlHocv43gXQp4rsCWDh3lTLzuGAihgNe_tQmR2Z-H-BVWFLmPzq4Kw1lWeW6UbTYG3mQo5xe43d6Ja9ivLynuDjp3K2_PFUo2FYcQurS2tA9B0SsexWz2zrsWPg16JuK6dZZkjSowhFnkp996Tht8nKU_8d4AmXCC/s600/Blackpool%20postcard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAikIOPJc0vRCN9ACjlD8mtEINlHocv43gXQp4rsCWDh3lTLzuGAihgNe_tQmR2Z-H-BVWFLmPzq4Kw1lWeW6UbTYG3mQo5xe43d6Ja9ivLynuDjp3K2_PFUo2FYcQurS2tA9B0SsexWz2zrsWPg16JuK6dZZkjSowhFnkp996Tht8nKU_8d4AmXCC/s320/Blackpool%20postcard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com