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Factories + Mills in Bolton

Atlas Forge

Audrey Cole

Atlas Mills, Chorley Old Road

Allan Lord 1

Allan Lord 2

John Makin

Back O'th' Bank Bleach Works

Arthur Orrell

Bentinck Street Mill Co, Bentinck Street, Farnworth

Lilian Mills

Bolton Eagle Spinning Co Ltd, John Street

Edith Kay née Hayston

Bolton Light Leathers, Weston Street

May Longworth 1

May Longworth 2

Arthur Orrell

Bolton Union Mill, Vernon Street

Allan Lord

Burton's Tailoring, Halliwell Road

Leila Parker 1

Leila Parker 2

Chesro Ltd, Adelaide Street

Nellie Shaw 1

Nellie Shaw 2

Nellie Shaw 3

Edith Williams 1

Edith Williams 2

Edith Williams 3

Crossley's

Arthur Orrell

Crosses & Winkworth Ltd, Lever Street, Rose Hill

Audrey Cole

De Havilland, Croasdale Street

Leila Parker

De Havilland, Little Lever

Leila Parker

De Havilland, Lostock

Allan Lord 1

Allan Lord 2

Edith Kay née Hayston

John Makin

Ernest Marsden

Leila Parker 1

Leila Parker 2

Leila Parker 3

Leila Parker 4

De Havilland, Mule Street

Leila Parker 1

Leila Parker 2

Leila Parker 3

Denmark Mill, Cawdor Street, Farnworth

Lilian Mills

Dobson & Barlow Ltd, Bradley Fold

Beverley Kay

John Makin

Arthur Orrell 1

Arthur Orrell 2

Arthur Orrell 3

Leila Parker 1

Leila Parker 2

Dove Spinning Co Ltd, Deane

Harry Higson

Eagley Mills, Eagley

Frank Edwards

Ernest Marsden

Edbro

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Lilian Mills

J Parker Ellison & Co, Baby Carriage Manufacturers, Pelso Works, Bradshawgate

Vince Southern

Robert Entwistle & Co Ltd, Lincoln Mill, Washington Street

John Makin

Fine Spinners & Doublers, Bolton

Allan Lord

Edith Williams

Fishbrook Dyeing Company, Kearsley

Vince Southern

Robert Fletcher & Sons, Paper Manufacturers, Kearsley Paper Works, Stoneclough

Lilian Mills

Vince Southern 1

Vince Southern 2

Vince Southern 3

Vince Southern 4

Great Lever Spinning Company, Settle Street

Allan Lord

Hick Hargreaves

Audrey Cole 1

Audrey Cole 2

Allan Lord

Hodgkinson & Gillibrand, Hosiery Manufacturers, Globe Factory, Spa Road

Ernie Holden

Sir John Holden's Mill, Blackburn Road

Arthur Orrell

Edith Kay née Curtis

Hudson's Steel Works

Bill Brown

Kearsley Power Station

Allan Lord

Vince Southern 1

Vince Southern 2

Knowles Ltd, Turton Street

Bill Morris - main page

W & J Leigh Paintworks

Leila Parker

Lorival Ltd, Little Lever

Jack Morgan 1

Jack Morgan 2

Magee Marshall & Co Ltd, Brewers

Vince Southern

Marsden & Son Ltd, Lake Street

Audrey Cole

Marsh Fold Mill, Halliwell

John Makin

Harry Mason & Sons Ltd

Leila Parker 1

Leila Parker 2

Merton Spinning Co Ltd, Deane Road

Edith Kay née Hayston

Mill Hill Spinning Co Ltd, Mill Hill Street

Audrey Cole

T Moscrop & Co Ltd, Lion Oil Works, 1 Folds Road

Ernie Holden

Musgrave Spinning Co Ltd, Atlas Mills, Chorley Old Road

Edith Kay née Hayston

Allan Lord

Ocean Cotton Spinning Company, Settle Street

Allan Lord

Ormrod, Hardcastle & Co Ltd, Flash Street

Bill Brown

Price Bros (Bakers) Ltd, Fairclough Street

Lilian Mills

Profitt's

Arthur Orrell

J Scott, Morris Green Lane

Harry Higson

Suez Mill, Worsley Road, Farnworth

Ernie Holden

Lilian Mills

Taylor & Sons, Brookfield Brick Works, Hypatia Street

Frank Edwards

Thomas Taylor & Sons Ltd, Lever Street

Allan Lord 1

Allan Lord 2

Tillotson's (Bolton) Ltd, Mealhouse Lane

Leila Parker 1

Leila Parker 2

Tootal Broadhurst Lee, Sunnyside Mill, Adelaide Street

Allan Lord 1

Allan Lord 2

Allan Lord 3

Allan Lord 2

Nellie Shaw

Edith Williams 1

Edith Williams 2

Charles Turner & Co, Paper Manufacturers, Belmont

Edith Kay née Curtis

United Ebonite, Little Lever

Leila Parker

William Walker & Sons, Tanners, Nelson Street

May Longworth 1

May Longworth 2

Arthur Orrell

T Walmsley & Sons, Bridgeman Street

Audrey Cole

Wallwork's, Albert Mill, Gladstone Road , Farnworth

Ernie Holden

Robert Watson

Leila Parker

Webster's, Spa Road

Harry Higson

Beverley Kay 1

Beverley Kay 2

Winder & McKean Ltd, Bradford Mill, Weston Street

Lilian Mills

Factories, Decoy

Edith Kay née Curtis

Factories, Shadow

Bill Brown

Arthur Orrell

Fairhaven Road, Bolton

Arthur Orrell 1

Arthur Orrell 2

Falaise Gap, France

Barbara Smith

Farms in Bolton

Great Lever Dairy Farm, Bolton

Nellie Shaw

Greenside Farm, Stoneclough

Vince Southern

Hampson's Farm, Belmont

Edith Kay née Curtis 1

Edith Kay née Curtis 2

Harricroft Farm, Smithills, Bolton

Nellie Shaw

Mills Farm, Stoneclough

Vince Southern

Moody Fold Farm, Lostock

Harry Higson

Oldhams Farm, Oldhams Lane, Bolton

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Nellie Shaw 1

Nellie Shaw 2

Prince Rupert Farm, Lever Edge Lane, Bolton

Nellie Shaw

Timothy Fold Farm, Lever Edge Lane,Bolton

May Longworth

Tittle Farm, Stoneclough

Vince Southern

Top O' th' Height Farm, Slack Fold Lane, Bolton

Allan Lord

Farnworth

John Makin

Lilian Mills

Arthur Orrell

Vince Southern 1

Vince Southern 2

Edith Thorpe 1

Edith Thorpe 2

Edith Thorpe 3

Farnworth Railway Station

Jack Morgan

Farnworth Library, Market Street, Farnworth

Lilian Mills 1

Lilian Mills 2

Lilian Mills 3

Lilian Mills 4

Lilian Mills 5

Farnworth Town Hall, Market Street, Farnworth

Lilian Mills

Dick West

Fawcett Street, Bolton

Beverley Kay

Royal Ordnace Factory, Fazakerley, Lancashire

John Makin

Ferranti, Hollinwood, Oldham + Bury

Allan Lord

Arthur Orrell 1

Arthur Orrell 2

51st Highland Division

Barbara Smith

53rd Indian Brigade

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Fine Spinners & Doublers, Bolton

Allan Lord

Edith Williams

RAF Finmere, Buckinghamshire

Bill Morris - main page

RAF Finningley, Yorkshire

George Davies

Finsbury Park Empire, London

Barbara Smith

Fire Service

Leila Parker

Edith Thorpe

Auxiliary Fire Service - AFS

Leila Parker

Edith Thorpe

Bentley Family - Fire Officers

Edith Thorpe

Bolton Fire Station, Marsden Road, Bolton

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Edith Thorpe 1

Edith Thorpe 2

Edith Thorpe 3

Edith the Fire Engine

Edith Thorpe

Entwisle, Joseph - Chief Fire Officer, Farnworth 1937-1940, Killed attending house fire in Crewe 1941

Edith Thorpe

Fire Training School, Prestolee

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Isherwood, Joseph - Auxiliary Fireman, Killed in on duty during Liverpool Blitz, 8.5.1941

Edith Thorpe

Lowndes Street Sub-station

Edith Thorpe

National Fire Service - NFS

Cap Badge - Image

Edith Thorpe

National Fire Service HQ, Burnthwaite, Chorley New Road, Bolton

Edith Thorpe 1

Edith Thorpe 2

Edith Thorpe 3

Edith Thorpe 4

Edith Thorpe 5

NFS Uniform, Women's

Edith Thorpe

Sunnyside Mills Branch Fire Station

Allan Lord

Switchboard, Clarebank, Chorley New Road, Bolton

Edith Thorpe

Thorpe, Edith - National Fire Service

Edith Thorpe - main page

Thorpe, Harry - Fireman, Husband of Edith Thorpe

Edith Thorpe 1

Edith Thorpe 2

Fire-watching

John Makin

Lilian Mills

Arthur Orrell

Edith Williams

1st Corps

Ernie Holden

First World War

Betty Jean Hall 1

Betty Jean Hall 2

Fishbrook Dyeing Company, Kearsley

Vince Southern

Fishwick, Pte Harold Henry - 2nd Battalion, Loyal Regiment, POW Fusan, Korea - died 16.10.1942

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Fitton, James Arnold - Uncle of Edith Kay née Hayston

Edith Kay née Hayston

Fitzjohn, Pte - Royal Army Medical Corps, Palestine

Ernie Holden

Flanagan & Allen (Bud Flanagan + Chesney Allen) - Entertainers

Allan Lord

Flanders, Belgium/France

John Makin

Flearbottom, Bolton

Frank Edwards

HMS Fledgling, Mill Meece, Staffordshire

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May Longworth 1

May Longworth 2

Fleet Air Arm

Bill Brown

Frank Edwards

May Longworth

Fleetwood, Lancashire

Frank Edwards

Barbara Smith

Fleetwood FC

Frank Edwards

Fletcher, James - Managing Director, Ocean Spinning Co, Bolton

Allan Lord

Robert Fletcher & Sons, Paper Manufacturers, Kearsley Paper Works, Stoneclough

Lilian Mills

Vince Southern 1

Vince Southern 2

Vince Southern 3

Vince Southern 4

Fletcher Street, Bolton

Audrey Cole

Beverley Kay

Bill Morgan

Fletcher Street Barracks, Bolton

Bill Morgan

Jack Morgan 1

Jack Morgan 2

Folds Road, Bolton

Arthur Orrell

Folds Road Central School, Bolton

Betty Jean Hall

John Makin

Jack Morgan

Arthur Orrell

Folies Bergere, Paris

Ernie Holden

Food see Rationing + Food

Food, Ministry of

Leila Parker

Football

Arsenal FC

Frank Edwards

Bacup Borough FC

Frank Edwards

Blackpool FC

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Frank Edwards 3

Frank Edwards 4

Bolton Wanderers FC

"Wartime Wanderers" Image 1

"Wartime Wanderers" Image 2

"Wartime Wanderers" Image 3

"Wartime Wanderers" Image 4

"Wartime Wanderers" Image 5

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Beverley Kay

Charlton Athletic FC

Frank Edwards

Eagley FC

Frank Edwards

Fleetwood FC

Frank Edwards

Lomax's XI FC

Frank Edwards

Moscow Dynamo FC

Frank Edwards

Northern League

Frank Edwards

Beverley Kay

Southern League

Beverley Kay

York City FC

Frank Edwards

Footballers

Banks, Tommy

Ernie Holden

Bartram, Sam

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Catterall, George - Wartime Wanderer

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Docherty, Tommy

Frank Edwards

Dodds, Ephraim 'Jock'

Frank Edwards

Geldard, Albert - Wartime Wanderer

Image

Beverley Kay

Goslin, Lt Harry - Royal Artillery, Wartime Wanderer, killed at Sangro River, Italy 18.12.1943

Image

Hanson, Stan

Beverley Kay

Hapgood, Albert Edris 'Eddie'

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Harison, S - Wartime Wanderer

Image

Howe, Donny - Wartime Wanderer

Image

Hunt, George

Beverley Kay

Hurst, Jack - Wartime Wanderer

Image

Ithell, Jimmy - Wartime Wanderer

Image

Johnston, Harry

Frank Edwards

Lawton, Tommy

Arthur Orrell

Lofthouse, Nathaniel 'Nat' - Footballer + Bevin Boy

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Ernie Holden

Beverley Kay

Roy Swannick

Lythgoe, Derek

Maurice Kobelt

Mark, George

Arthur Orrell

Martin, Leonard

Arthur Orrell

Moir, Willie

Beverley Kay

Mortensen, Stanley

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Roberts, Don

Frank Edwards

Roberts, Jack - Wartime Wanderer

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Sinclair, Tommy - Wartime Wanderer

Image

Westwood, Ray - Wartime Wanderer

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Williams, Bert

Frank Edwards

Winter, Danny - Wartime Wanderer

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Withington, Dick

Frank Edwards

Woodward, Tom

Beverley Kay

Formby, Beryl - Wife of George Formby

John Makin

Barbara Smith

Formby, George - Entertainer

John Makin

Barbara Smith 1

Barbara Smith 2

HMS Formidable

Bill Brown 1

Bill Brown 2

Formosa (Taiwan)

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Founders' Arms, 18 St George's Street, Bolton - Public House

John Makin

4th Indian Division

Ernie Holden

Foy, Dominic (Jim) - Professional Wrestler

John Makin

France

Ernie Holden 1

Ernie Holden 2

Biscay

George Davies

Bordeaux

George Davies

Caen, France

George Davies

Clermont-Ferrand

George Davies

Dieppe

George Davies

Dunkirk

Allan Lord

Audrey Cole 1

Audrey Cole 2

Ernie Holden 1

Ernie Holden 2

Ernie Holden 3

John Makin

Edith Williams

Falaise Gap

Barbara Smith

Flanders

John Makin

Lille

Jim Ratcliffe - Written account

Normandy

Ernie Holden

Bill Morgan 1

Bill Morgan 2

Leila Parker

Barbara Smith

Paris

Ernie Holden

The France and Germany Star

Image

Frankfurt, Germany

George Davies

Free French

Maurice Kobelt

Jack Morgan

Bill Morris - main page

Dick West

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Image

Ernie Holden

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

French Indochina

Saigon, Cochinchina

Image

Ernest Marsden 1

Ernest Marsden 2

Satahib Bay, Siam / Cambodia

Ernest Marsden

Ta Kan, Cambodia

Ernest Marsden

Ta Ko, Cambodia

Ernest Marsden

French West Africa

Dakar

Ernie Holden

Fukai Maru - Japanese merchant ship used as POW transport

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Fulwood Barracks, Preston, Lancashire

Jack Morgan

Fusan, Korea

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 1

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 2

 

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