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Willy Wilkinson who worked for Thornbers.

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This pathway was known as 'Duck Muck Lane.'

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A consignment of Thornbers hatching eggs for export being delivered to BOAC (merged with BEA 1974)

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The photo shows the hilltop village of Heptonstall. The woodland is known as Lee Wood. the fields make up land belonging to "Lumb's" Egg Production business. In the bottom left hand corner of the photo is "Lee Holme" crown green bowling club. and the…

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David Gibson has provided the following comment: I came across this quite by chance. It's amazing to see something from my very long ago past. My Dad - Fred Gibson - was a Butcher in Oldham and used to buy all his Turkeys from…

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The mill in the centre of the picture is Redman's Scarbottom Mill. The house on the extreme left is Rose Mount, Nest Lane. The wooden buildings were part of Thornber's hatchery. There are quite a few railway wagons in the sidings.

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The Grade l building built by 'Honest John' Fielden MP in the late 1860s.
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