Following on from our story about Sarah Elizabeth and Mary Ann Hirst, enjoy another Hirst story. The story of these two is straightforward, but this grave contains a mystery: who was Maria Hudson? We’ll get to her at the end. Firstly, though, a recap on Arthur Hirst’s childhood. His parents George and Hannah Hirst came …
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A father and son are here, and the father’s tale is particularly interesting – one of those people whose name appears regularly and whose presence we take for granted, both then and now; although these days it’s common to hear that we don’t see enough of his sort on the street! Joseph Hopkins was born …
This story was told as part of our “Dead for the Holidays” 2023 tour. We stand here by the grave of William Helliwell, a good Todmorden name. Reading between the lines, it sounds to me as though William led a difficult life, and did not live to an old age, being only 63 when he …
A pair of proud parents and a proud uncle are buried here – at least, the father and uncle would have been proud if they’d still been around to see their son/nephew’s success. A tale of offcumden who embedded themselves in Todmorden life. William and Charles Goucke were brothers who had moved to Todmorden from …