Two girls in the family, Mary Hannah and Beatrice Annie, lived into adulthood. They both outlived all their brothers.
They each married local Walsden men, who were both called John and worked as Picker Makers at Stoneswood Picker Works. |
| Picker Makers at Stoneswood Picker Works (Photo shown with permission of Pennine Horizons Digital Archive) |
A picker was a strong leather attachment used in weaving looms to move the shuttle back and forth. These were essential items for the weaving process in the textile industry. Picker makers made them from Buffalo hide and the photo shows men at Stoneswood with their buffalo hides. Todmorden was one of the most important areas for its production in England.
Mary Hannah and her husband John Stansfield had 3 boys and a girl. They lived on Bacup Road near the Picker Works at Stoneswood. Beatrice Annie and her husband John Fielden had 3 boys. They lived on Sourhall Road off Bacup Road.
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