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Subject: [ BRAD] Keighley Characters No 5
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:06:59 EST
Hi list, more of those wonderful Keighley Characters.....it does as Roy
said....make you wonder how man 'Normal' people were in
Keighley........"whatever normal might be"
Patsy MEEGAN - 'Patsy the Cooper'
made ashtubs (dustbins) and tubs for washing (washing tubs) out of old apple
barrels. Butter barrels and beer barrels with old bed laths (for the iron
bands) He was know to reside in Ivy Place.
Mickey LANE
A shellshocked soldier from the 1914-1918 War. He would dart across the
street, narrowly being missed by waggons and buses. (He could not have
survived modern traffic) One moment he would be deep in conversation with
you, the next he would shoot off. He refused to leave his house, in
Burlington Street, as it was being demolished around him in the 1930s. He did
not want to go to the Workhouse or St. Johns......BUT no one knows what
became of him.
Jimmy PATON
Would go around whitewashing cellars and ceilings. He would pawn his clogs to
get a drink and find some old shoes to wear in the meantime. He would then
redeem his clogs after he had done another whitewashing job. He lived in the
Kip.
'Smith Pick' PICKARD known as 'Belt O' Quids'
Would carry around the gold coins with which he was paid out after fighting
in the Boer War, he carried them in his money belt. He was a big man, who
worked for the Corporation, mostly on the manholes. He lived in eddie's
Lodging House.
The Beadle.
Was a massive Irish navvy, of short stature. He was very sociable and would
go to the 'Irish National' (Club). He lived in West Lane, and used to go
around with 'Widow' Tush a well known lady, who lived by the Brown Cow pub in
Turkey Street. (Brown Cow pub is still there)
More later.......................
WArmest Wishes
Jan in Bronte Country
Co-List Admin Eng-Yorks, Bradford
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