SOME time ago I used a photograph of William Edward's and Sons garage in Dawes Street (it was about the beginning of the firm now known as Edbros).
It has brought a letter from Mr Ron Bolton, of Leigh Road, Westhoughton, who writes: "I had forgotten what it looked like. I started work in this building in November, 1954; it was then two separate firms. Upstairs, where I worked, there were about half a dozen machine tools, lathes, etc., driven by one large motor. The upstairs was then called J.H. Baker and Company.
"The firm on the ground floor used to make tin rollers for the cotton trade, but I don't remember the name.
"The photograph brought back a lot of memories of Bolton early morning, the smell of sulphur from the gas works, burning paper and rags, and all day a smell of tallow in the air. Happy days!"
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