WHITESMITHS SOWERBY BRIDGE

by JANICE FOSTER
(SOUTHAMPTON)

Hi. Sowerby Bridge is the birth place of my father, Harold Wilkinson. He took an apprentership at the age of 14 to his father, Joseph as a Whitesmith/Blacksmith in Sowerby Bridge. Harold attended the local school in this area and worked alongside his father until joining the forces in the First World War. I have visited the area some ten years ago and the building where they worked is long gone. However, the school is still there. Gone also are the Back to Back houses in Clough Terrace where my father was born. Now the area has been taken over by modern apartments. Although I have looked into my Ancestry I cannot find any living relatives of my father. I do know that No. 1 and 15 Bolton Brow is where my ancestors lived at one time or another but on my visit there we could not find these addresses.
Is there anyone that could help me.

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Oct 07, 2020
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by: Anonymous

Hi

My dad is Trevor Wilkinson born in 1953. His father was Alexander (Alec Wilkinson) who travelled down from Houghton Le Spring with his family as a young child. My dads mother was Doreen Tiffany. They lived at Norland View. Perhaps they could be related? I suppose it’s all dependant in years but a strong name for the area.

Jul 28, 2020
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by: Anonymous

Number 1 Bolton Brow is now a shop, Poppy's Florist. Number 10 woild probably have been taken down to Build the Working men's Club.

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