I have removed the link to Mollies Attic as Mollies Attic is no longer on the site. However, the links to individual pictures should still work. Mel
We have a new section in the Photo Archive titled 'Mollies Attic'.
Marie Normansell sent these pictures, postcards, news cutting etc to me in the hope that someone will be see them and be able to answer at least one of the many questions she has about them.
This was what she had to say on sending this treasure trove to me.
My father, Ronald Halstead, was the second son of Varley Halstead and Sarah Ellen (nee England). The first child, Ernest, died in infancy before Ronald was born. Dad married Mollie in 1940. Dad left Blacko, Lancashire in 1938 following the death of his mother. Although effectively an only child Dad was part of a large and loving extended family on both the Halstead and England sides. At the time of his mother’s death I believe that there were very few close family members remaining. Dad died in 1987, in Cardiff, Wales. Mollie died in 2003. After Mollie’s death and whilst clearing her home for sale, two large cardboard boxes were discovered in the attic. Inside these boxes was a treasure trove of photographs, press cuttings, WW1 War Medals, postcards and letters. All have the potential to tell me the story of Dad’s life in Lancashire, from his birth in Barrowford to the time he left Lancashire from Blacko and even beyond this from Nelson Leader newspaper cuttings carefully preserved until about 1969. Sadly, in many instances, I have no idea who the people are who are depicted in the photographs etc. I am hoping that someone may be able to come forward and help me discover more about the most loving, caring, quiet and private man that you would ever meet. In the process of this journey I intend to write a story about Barrowford/Blacko and its people that were so important to my Dad. However, before I can do this I must begin to identify the people in my photographs and find out about how life was in this bygone era. What I do know about any of the photographs, I have jotted either beneath or alongside each of them.
_________________ Mel
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