Mr. Russell says – “I think Mr. Tom Beardsmore lived in Dundalk Lane and not Landywood Lane. Tom lived next door to us at number 40 and grew tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms and flowers. He also kept chickens and sold their eggs. His main source of income was from his job driving a lorry for Hawkins colliery..Having no children I think he enjoyed treating me and my brothers to such things as fireworks and rides along the towpath of the nearby canal on his ‘James’ motorcycle. Happy days.”

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