The Victorian memorial lists the names of 62 employees who had worked at that mill for 25 years or more. The most senior had worked there for 56 years.
THE NAMES HEREUNDER ARE THOSE WHO HAVE
WORKED AT THESE MILLS FOR
25 YEARS AND UPWARDS
Joshua HALL (OWNER) 37 YEARS.
Elizabeth GOSLING James BARDSLEY Samuel HARRISON Sr Jane BARDSLEY John SCHOLES Elizabeth GRIMSHAW Alexander JACKSON Elijah WILLIAMSON James LEE Esther STOPFORD Ruth CHEETHAM Hannah ROPER Jane WOOLLEY George BROADBENT William JONES Joseph MOTTRAM Samuel BARDSLEY Sara Ann ORFORD Ann ROWBOTHAM James COOKE James SIDEBOTTOM | 56 56 52 50 50 49 45 45 42 41 40 40 40 40 40 39 36 35 35 35 35 | John WOOLLEY Eliza SCHOLES Joseph GOUGH Edward JACKSON James MOONEY Barbara ROWBOTHAM John WHITWORTH Fanny PENNY Sara Ann ROWBOTTOM Ann SHERWIN Henry DAVIES Sr Samuel HARRISON Jr Henry JACKSON Samuel PICKARD Matilda BROADBENT Sarah GARSIDE Sarah KNOWLES Alice SORTON Edwin LEE Elizabeth ANDREW Joshua BROADBENT | 34 33 33 33 33 32 32 31 31 30 30 30 30 30 29 29 29 29 29 28 28 | John DAVIES Esther DOXEY Emma ELLIOTT Elizabeth JACKSON Elizabeth PHILLIPS Peter BIRCHENOUGH Henry Hough CLAYTON Gideon DAVIES John LEWIS James SUMNER William SWANN Hannah COOPER Martha WAREHAM Matthew JACKSON Mark GREGORY Martha LITTLEWOOD Ann PICKET Harriet SMITH William LUNN Joseph SENIOR KINGSTON MILLS. | 28 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 26 26 26 25 25 25 25 25 25 |
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J H Ashworth & Son Ltd
(throwsters & processors of filament
polyester & nylon yarns)
The Cheshire Ribbon Mnfg Co
(woven tapes & webbing)
June 2002
The photos were taken on a frosty morning when memorials were slightly obscured by condensation on the protecting glass. I will return to take better photos when the weather improves.