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Dave I love your writing. It very easy to understand and flows very well. A+ for you,
I'm not sure if you know the hospitals Superintendent Dr Compston is Edmund Leach Compston. He's Alderman Samuel Compston's son.
I do know Samuel Compston passed the Compston Cross everyday with his black bag in hand delivering medicine for his son as he hadn't the time to do so himself.

Thank you David,for putting up my photos.
I'll check in from time to time,and if I find anything else,I'll send it to you.

Best Wishes,Suzanne

My Grandfather Alfred Whitehouse was sent there,after being gassed,and shot,on the Somme.My
Grandmother was from Rawtenstall,and worked there as a V.A.D,her name was Muriel Willis Fairbourne,from Bank St.
They got married in Rawtenstall,Grandad was from Northampton.
I have three photos taken when he was in there,with quite a few other soldiers,and nurses.
Thanks for your article,it's very interesting to me to find out so much about the hospital.

Best Regards,Suzanne Katz

Very much enjoyed reading the history of New Hall Hey House.

I used to pass it each morning on my way to school.

Please could you tell me when it was pulled down.

many thanks

Hi, Can I say Thank You to whoever put this together as it is very interesting. My Grandmother Sarah Willis volunteered to help out at the Hospital where she nursed my Grandfather. My Grandfather was Called Thomas Winter and at the age of 16 enlisted into the Welsh Cavalry where he changed his name to Thomas Winterson and gave his age as 18yrs. He was machine gunned in the legs and ended up at Rawtenstall to convalesce. After the war he came back to find Sarah and the rest as they say is history!

Hello Dave. Thank you for your interest in my families ancestors. I enjoy reading your work. It's quite pleasant of a read.

Ann, thankyou, i am really pleased you enjoyed exploring the site, hope you got something from the Printworks section too.

What a wonderful and inspirational website. I found this by accident whilst looking for photos of the Printworks in the area. Once I started viewing I was hooked, and worked my way through all the sections with great interest. Thank you for all your hard work, it is so important that these truly brave men are never forgotten and your website is a great tribute to them and their families.

Excellent site,Dave you taken a lot of time and effort

HI DAVE BEEN THROUGH THE SITE ITS A REAL CREDIT TO ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN BRIAN

well done Dave the site is a credit to you I know it will flourish

Dave , John your dinner partner on The Independence,you have done all the soldiers proud well ,any chance you can send me your e mail address ?

Hi Dave

Chuffed to bits that Provvy now has its own site. I know how much
work you put into researching these soldiers and you have done each and
everyone of them proud

Hi Dave. The site is looking great, my friend.

Very nice work here. I love to see the times and places where my ancestors once lived . Thank you Dave

nice one dav very impressive must have been a lot of work but still a labour of love

I recognize a few ancestors of mine in the photos. Mrs S Compston aka Mary Bullock Alderman Samuel Compston wife .
Mrs WE Walker aka Emily Compston and her husband Mr WE Walker. William Edward Walker I have a photo copy of a photo from the Rosendale Collection.

Very interesting and I am so pleased that the memory of Providence Chapel is being preserved. It will have been such an important part of so many lives and now will be sadly unknown to most locals. A friend sent me the stuff about Albert Lord and his gallant comrades of 1/4 Kings Own Royal Regiment at the Somme, very humbling. I live in Edenfield and the Methodist Chapel here closed this year but we have managed to preserve the War Memorials which will be re- erected in the Parish Church, staying in the village where they should be. Thanks to all who have made this site. All the best.

Brilliant photographs.. was there ever a better named football team than 'Clow Bridge Chip Shop Saloon F.C.'
I am working on a project on football in Rossendale - and Bacup in particular - during the First World War and have recently been given access to the minute books of the Bacup Borough Amateur Football League from its inception in 1913 until beyond it re-starting just after the war in 1919. The league opened its doors after the war to any club that had its headquarters within 4 1/2 miles of the Bacup Mechanics Institute and suddenly Loveclough Printing Company join the league. They changed at the Printworks and they played in or near the grounds of the Printworks and their colours were blue and white. If you have any further information on them i would be very interested in seeing it.
Regards
Andy

My Grandfather, EH Dixon flew for the RNAS and transferred to the RAF sometime in 1918. He flew DH9a's and would therefore presume he is tghe pilot mentioned in the article above on 218 Squadron and the death of Lt Warner. Can I ask where you found the information as I would like to find out more about my grandfathers time during the war?

Peter Dixon

A great site. I came across when looking for pictures for my English lesson on war poetry. It also happens that Alfred and Thomas Spencer were my Gran's older brothers. I have letters sent from them during the war and I have found it most interesting finding out more about them from this site.

Dave,Well done keep up the good work. Mick Dwyer

Dave
Great site! Well done.Looks good!
D

Many thanks for this excellent report on my Grandfather, Herbert Law.

Thankyou for taking the time to put this together, Gordons borther John was my Great Grandfather. Just one small point, Gordon was one of eight children not seven his brother Thomas Stanley is missing from the report. Thomas enlisted in the the 4th Batt Welsh Fusiliers in Dec 1915 at Rawtenstall. At this time he was married to Mary Matilda Draine, and they lived at Globe Terrace Crawshawbooth. Before enlisting he was a labourer at the printworks. On the 29th Sept he was discharged due to being unfiit for service.