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From: "Ian Rhodes" <>
Subject: [CHS] Yesterdays - 2 February
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 17:28:41 -0000


Yesterdays is a summary of some of the stories which appeared in the Ashton
Reporter one hundred years ago. They are mainly about the events in lives of
the people who lived in that area of south east Lancashire and north east
Cheshire, although I make no apology for the occasional non-gen story.

There is a searchable archive of previous summaries on my website at
http://www.gravelbank.co.uk/twww/home.html.

2nd February 1901

The paper was full of articles about the death of Queen Victoria and the
coming funeral. There was a brisk trade in black cloth and black clothes
judging by the advertisements, notably by John WILSON and LEIGH and ARDERN,
both shops on Stamford Street.
***

PROSECUTOR STILL AT LARGE
Regular readers will recall the sorry last week of Ernest REVILL and Arthur
WILSON, both of Ashton, who had been accused of attempted robbery by
Frederick ASHWORTH. He claimed that the pair had gone through his pockets as
they shared a cab from Ashton to Hyde in the mistaken belief that he had £30
on him. The earlier trial was adjourned because ASHWORTH had skipped town
and a warrant had been issued for his arrest. Detective Sergeant MOORE told
the court that he had been able to trace ASHWORTH who was believed to be in
Queenstown.

Mr HEATHCOTE, the defending solicitor, said his clients had accompanied
ASHWORTH simply for his protection. The bench dismissed the case for lack of
evidence.
***

RETURN OF ANOTHER ASHTON YEOMANRY VOLUNTEER
Trooper Fred MAKIN returned home after a year in South Africa with the
Imperial Yeomanry Volunteers. His family were not expecting him and the
first they knew of it was a telegram to his wife sent after he landed asking
her to meet him at the station in Manchester. This she did with other
relatives and "Fred had the liveliest ten minutes on Victoria platform that
he had during his whole experience in South Africa. They 'outflanked' him
and 'surrounded' him and of course, he had to surrender for the first time."

He told the Reporter of his journey by ship via Ceylon where they were
taking Boer prisoners. "Adverting to the character of the Boer prisoners,
Trooper MAKIN described them as uncouth and obstinate and awfully averse to
the English plan of sleeping in hammocks on board ship. To them, it was as
bad as sleeping on a clothes line for they invariably overbalanced
themselves and fell out."

"Trooper MAKIN fully endorsed all that had been said about the splendid
climate of South Africa … and states that if he were single, he would be
anxious as ever to renew his acquaintance with the 'rolling veldt' and the
'picturesque kopjes'".
***

DENTON RELIEF FUND
"A sacred concert in aid of the sufferers of the Denton disaster was given
in the Oddfellows Hall on Sunday by Mossley Brass Band. The 'Dead March' was
first played, the audience standing uncovered. Mr R DAWSON gave a good
rendering of a song entitled 'A Dream of Paradise', the pleasing effect
being heightened by the tasteful manner in which Mr BATTY played the violin
obligato.
***

FATAL ACCIDENT TO MILLBROOK GIRL
The inquest into the death of Emma ROTHWELL heard that it had happened after
an accident at the Staley Mill Company where she worked as a ring spinner.
She was aged 16, the daughter of George and Sarah ROTHWELL of 11 Arpley
Place, Millbrook. She had been taken to the District Infirmary with a
serious laceration to her upper right arm and though she appeared to be
responding to the treatment, blood poisoning set in and she died.

Mary WHITEHEAD, a fellow spinner, said that she had seen the girl on her
knees, brushing the ledge of her frame. She had been in a safe position at
that time. "Immediately afterwards, I heard a noise and the deceased's frame
was jumping and I saw her lying on the floor. One of her arms was fast
between the rollers in the frame."

Emma was buried in St James' Churchyard.

Ian Rhodes, Stockport UK

Family history website: http://www.gravelbank.co.uk

Researching: RHODES in Flockton, Yorks and Mottram and Dukinfield, Ches,
(Associated families: CROSLAND, GODDARD, HARRISON, INGHAM, RAMSBOTTOM,
RATCLIFFE and SHEPLEY
BINNIE in Falkirk, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs and Dukinfield, Ches,
(Associated families: AIKEN, BELL, FORGIE, HARDIE, KAY, NICHOL, RAMSAY,
SHORROCKS, SMITH and SQUAIR
HARROP in Glossop, Derb and Mottram, Ches. Associated families: BOOTH and
TURNER in W Yorks and THORPE in Lancs, DEWSNAP in Cheshire
PRESTWICH in Manchester, Audenshaw and Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs. Associated
families: CARTWRIGHT, HARROP and STANLEY,
CRABTREE in Haughton and Denton, Lancs and Hyde, Ches. Associated families:
RIDGWAY, ROWLAND, STANSFIELD, WARDLE
MOLESDALE in Cadishead and Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs and Dent County,
Missouri. Associated families: CHATTERTON, CRAMOND, WALKER, WHITTAKER


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