NO doubt you recall my story, and subsequent memories from readers, of how during the war Bolton became a "port", storing in various parts of the town and district essential items, moved here from Manchester and Liverpool because of the dangers of bombing.
I mentioned in particular Bradford Park, and the fact that the firm of Masons stored cotton bales there.
I have now heard from Mr Fogg, of Watermillock Gardens, Bolton, who says that he is pretty sure that it was in 1938 (I had understood that the moves had been made only after war broke out, but perhaps I am incorrect) that to supplement his wage he worked on Sundays at Bradford Park. "It was hard work," he writes. "They used to stack the bales on bricks. There were thousands of bricks all over, and we had to collect them up to use again. Your story brought back many memories."
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