More memories of the Lancashire village of Edgworth from the 1920’s to the 1960’s

Arthur Fairhurst
Published by Neil Richardson ISBN 185216 142 6
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This is dads other work as he sat in over winter and put his memories on tape to which I have, he decided that he would try to publish a second book as he never used up his memories in the first….He had a lot of memories stored up by his late 70’s early 80’s..

When my step mother died my father gave up his caretaking job at the Methodist Church and day school and we had to leave the house at 179 Bolton road. So my father, my two younger brothers and I moved to a smaller, two up, two down house at no 4 Brandwood Fold. These cottages were owned the farmer of Brandwood Fold Farm, Billy Ramwell, who moved all our worldly goods to our new home using a horse and flat cart.

The rent was five shillings per week .Hot water was provided by a coal back boiler and an improvement on the gas lighting at Bolton
road- there was electric light in each room. It had been put in by the previous tenant at his own expense and all the cables were just stapled to the wall and not covered in at all. There where no power points.

When the coal fire got going the house could be described as cosy, despite the draught blowing under the barn-like front door and ill fitting windows. We three lads worked at Edgworth Spinning Company and spent very little time in the house; father was kept busy with the housekeeping and he always had our evening meals prepared each day. We used the mill canteen at dinner time.