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Canada / Re: Smalley Family
« on: Monday 07 February 11 14:51 GMT (UK)  »
About the family trees- we would of course be delighted to see them. I did send a reply but I think it went via Face book and may have missed you. We are intrigued at the moment by Nova Scotia; we see pictures of Nova Scotia locks- which I thought were taken in 1909, but turned out to be 2009.  Why did I never hear about Nova Scotia during my relatively short stays in Blackburn (in Southworth Street)- not far from Riley Smallweys house in Infirmary Road?  Its a good job you prompted this interest in Blackburn  -so many things I had no idea about.

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Canada / Re: Smalley Family
« on: Saturday 05 February 11 16:53 GMT (UK)  »
My cousin in Australia (Isabel, daughter of Riley) tells me that the workers at the Smalley mill used to refer to it as 'Old Mother Redcap' which seems a strange name for a cotton mill. Sometime after closure, she says, it was taken over by Bruce Critchley (these Critchleys do seem to have a role to play). Isabel tries to contact Beryl- daughter of David, Rileys brother- but links have been severed (by time and chance)... I  think Beryl became Beryl Hunter- used to live in Sherbourne Road, Blackpool.
Ive been looking at some docs related to Edith Frost who died 22 June 1983. She did not make a will so everything divided amongst relatives. Some to Clara Smalley descendents (because she was a Critchley I guess) some to James Critchleys descendents, some to Bruce Critchleys descendents; and the Whipps and Hansfords get a mention- I remember various Whipps and Hansfords.

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Canada / Re: Smalley Family
« on: Wednesday 29 December 10 15:09 GMT (UK)  »
A few more thoughts on Riley 1850-1930. (I have heard that) on his death in 1930 three of the sons took over the family mill.  But these were hard times and the depression was causing problems for everyone.  People were surprised that the Smalley mill kept on paying out wages and keeping people on. It turned out that the three brothers were using their savings to pay the workers. When the workers heard this they tried to return their wages.. Ive no idea of the outcome of this story and it may be an urban(Blackburn) myth. But I like to think thsat it might be true.

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Canada / Re: Smalley Family
« on: Wednesday 08 December 10 22:00 GMT (UK)  »
Hello :) I'm loessperson jr, posting on behalf of my father. This is the photograph of Riley Smalley with his wife (who may be called Clara Critchley.)



Please feel free to grab this pic for your files if you wish.

Cheers,

lp jr


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Canada / Re: Smalley Family
« on: Tuesday 07 December 10 11:07 GMT (UK)  »
My father was James Critchley Smalley (b.04.04.04) his brothers were Riley (that Riley again) and David. Riley had a bookshop in Lytham; I have one in Leicester. We have a great picture of ggf Riley in his garden in Infirmary Rd- I will try to find out how to post it...

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Canada / Re: Smalley Family
« on: Sunday 21 November 10 23:06 GMT (UK)  »
James Smalley b.1810- was he the 'well-known mesmerist'?  I read in Riley Smalley's obituary in the Blackburn times that James Smalley had 14 children. Perhaps he accounts for all those Smalleys in Blackburn. Stitching together a family tree starting with James could be a large undertaking. I guess that if it hadnt been for the Great Depression, which dispersed many of them, all the Smalleys would still be in Blackburn (this one is in Leicester).

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Canada / Re: Smalley Family
« on: Thursday 18 November 10 11:44 GMT (UK)  »
Riley Smalley was my great-grandfather; but he stayed in Blackburn (1850-1930). What was his relationship to the Blackburn Smalleys who went to Canada?  I thought that the name Riley started with him- but it obviously did not; where is the first Riley? He was certainly a Baptist; the Smalleys do seem to be Baptists. He had seven children; four survived. Son Herbert was killed in WW1 and has memorial in Tockholes churchyard.  Three sons took over the family textile business but it failed in the Great Depression. My grandfather Thomas moved to Blackpool; had a boarding house in Sherborne Road(?).

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