Tag: Charles Lane
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The Charles Lane Misadventure (1909) | Haslingden
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With much of the country blanketed under deep snow and underlying frost that had brought hundreds of mills and factories to a close with over 15,000 workers within East Lancashire alone all being left unable to work, for children – it brought an unexpected break from their daily chores of…
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THE DOWNFALL OF JOHN USHER (1905) | Local History | S2 – Ep4
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Alfred Parker was a man of routine and on the morning of Wednesday, 9th August 1905 he would begin the day as he always did. Up early, washed, made a relatively small breakfast and after saying his goodbyes to his wife, he would set off to work at nearby Carr…