Hare Mill was built in 1907; the first sod was cut on 1 June 1907. It had cost £218,285 to build, and there were financial and boardroom problems and the mill finally opened in August 1912. A second identical mill was proposed, but never built. There…
The Chapel was built in 1854 largely through the efforts of the Wilson Family of Wilson’s Bobbin Works and then the school in 1881. The chapel closed in 1968 and the school was then used as a chapel until that too closed in 1985 due to structural…
Included are: Back row: Joe Walton, Fred Sutcliffe, Fred Cairey, Jack Pickles, J. Kershaw, Harold Linehan, Jack Linehan, Allan Marshall, Willie Stead, Jack Speak, Clifforsd Marshall, Geoff Love. Middle row: Harold Priestley, Herbert Beckton, Harry…