Hi Margaret, and listers interested in the Eccles area. I have just uploaded Swindels "Chapters in the History of Eccles" first published in 1914. The book can be found at:- http://www.mancuniensis.btinternet.co.uk/BartonUISwindelsIntroFP.htm If you are interested in the area around Eccles, this book should give you some idea of what it was like in the 19th century and it's history. Roger Hart, Little Lever, Bolton, UK. Web site http://www.mancuniensis.btinternet.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: sender-mlfhs@sentinel.mcc.ac.uk [mailto:sender-mlfhs@sentinel.mcc.ac.uk]On Behalf Of MargJoy@aol.com Sent: 23 December 2001 11:04 To: mlfhs@sentinel.mcc.ac.uk Subject: MLFHS: Smiths of Barton-U-Irwell