politics – F.O.C.C.T.

44.60 – Harriot Yates and Elizabeth and Henry Stansfield

by admin December 7, 2024December 21, 2024No Comments

Like the story of Jane Chalcroft, this is one of a mother who followed her daughter to Todmorden and lived her final days in a school environment. Not noteworthy in itself maybe, but the fact that it’s the second such story is always interesting. Are there any coincidences in the graveyard? Harriot – yes, that’s …

42.0 – James, Sarah, Hannah, John, Susannah and Ada Hardman

by admin June 22, 2023August 16, 2023No Comments

Dr. James Hardman’s name might not immediately jump out as an important name in the history of Todmorden – probably because it isn’t Fielden, Ingham, Lord, Sutcliffe etc. – but in terms of involvement, his 86 years included many of the town’s most formative, and he was either known to be or was probably present …