Doesn't it seem strange that a farmer could live in Curate Street. How close would he have been to fields? Rawden ________________________________ From:...
Sending the file again as it didn't get though the first time. In the 1881 census, James Boardman is listed as a 33-year-old farmer living at 10 Curate St and...
Swainfold was right in the center of the town, just behind the Wellington Hotel, and it was a working farm when my grandfather bought it in 1926. The cows...
Also on the map http://www.great-harwood.org.uk/Display/b4/big/pics/really%20big/even%20larger%20plan.htm further along Heys Lane than John Boardman is...
Excellent information, Ian. Thanks. It's amazing that Swain is still around as a farming family. I was also pleasantly reminded of the name "Boardman &...
More from Ms Youd's work. I'd have done it myself but I can't type. 1897 Butts Farm let to James Boardman. Accommodation for 24 head cattle, 3 stall stable, 2...
Is this the Mrs Boardman, that the school choir used to call at her home, when we were carol singing. I was in the choir from the top council, in the 1950s....
Hi you geniuses out there. Can someone tell me when the estate was built. I know that they built the bottom half first, because we used to sledge down what was...
Hi, I keep seeing the name Swain being spoken of. When I moved to Fleetwood 30 years ago, there was a family on London Street called Swain, it is not a common...
Hi Margaret, That was a very interesting comment for me. My ancestors farmed at Swain fold, there were several children of James and Margaret Swain, one of...
... I recalll fitting a bidet in a house on Park Lane that belonged to one of the Boardman's, it was only the second bidet in Great Harwood, I've not a clue...
Hi everyone, does anyone remember Ida Walsh? she lived in Park Lane. The family had a pet Monkey and a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog. Ida used to call for me on the...
I was in the same class as Ida at Ash St School when she lived on Church Street. I used to buddy with her brother Morris. Her family owned the two Hardura...
... From: john duckworth To: greatharwood@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [greatharwood] Re: Re Park Lane Younger brother...
Hi thanks for the info on Ida Walsh. Ida lived on the corner house on Church st, next to Ash Street School. I lived in Churchfield House we used to play...
Mystery man! Unless someone else knows. Only trace I can find is an entry in the Mannex directory for 1854, at ‘Endmoss’. No trace in census that I can ...
Wardle Storeys, Dunbar Mill, Hereford Road, Blackburn BB1 3JU I think this was originally belonging to the Walsh Clan. Manufacturing felts(Carpet underlay). ...
Robert was the envy of the neighbourhood with his pedal car. Does he still have it? Frank C. ... trees this ... family ... Lane. ... used ... Hilda ... Park ...
I have just received this. Is it correct??????? Best regards John Morton PIN NUMBER REVERSAL (GOOD TO KNOW) If you should ever be forced by a robber to...
