Hi, Pamela, I have just been browsing through the various mailing lists and saw one for canal boat people - see web site below. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/ Regarding the Cundliffes, do you know where the glass works was, as I found several glass makers living in the Plank Lane area on the 1881 census. I asked my mother if she remembered any glass works in the area (she is 97, and was brought up in Plank Lane) but she doesn't remember any. Regards, Valerie > > > ==== ENG-LAN-LEIGH Mailing List ==== > Our list covers the following towns: Leigh (inc. Pennington, Westleigh & Bedford), Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley, Lowton, Golborne, Hindley, Abram, Howe Bridge, Culcheth and Glazebury. Make sure your family members join our list. This list is only as good as its members - please contribute regularly. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hello Valerie I joined the canal boat list a while back but no joy. No sorry I dont know where the glass works was .My mother (who would be 99 if she had lived she died 5 years ago) always said they had owned the glassworks in Plank Lane but I think this was a family myth! She thought it was somewhere near the Common Lane area (your mum will know where that is) When I next go into the Library in Leigh I will look up the trade directories and see what I can find. I have found my gg grandfather in Plank Lane and his job was a glass maker,but the address was a private house and like you I have noticed a lot of glass blowers makers etc in the area in 1881. Thanks for your interest If I find anything I will let you know Pamela ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie @ ntlworld.com" <v.lirakis@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 8:15 PM Subject: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Re: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Canal Boat People > Hi, Pamela, > > I have just been browsing through the various mailing lists and saw one for > canal boat people - see web site below. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/ > > Regarding the Cundliffes, do you know where the glass works was, as I found > several glass makers living in the Plank Lane area on the 1881 census. I > asked my mother if she remembered any glass works in the area (she is 97, > and was brought up in Plank Lane) but she doesn't remember any. > > Regards, Valerie > > > > > > > ==== ENG-LAN-LEIGH Mailing List ==== > > Our list covers the following towns: Leigh (inc. Pennington, Westleigh & > Bedford), Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley, Lowton, Golborne, Hindley, Abram, > Howe Bridge, Culcheth and Glazebury. Make sure your family members join our > list. This list is only as good as its members - please contribute > regularly. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== ENG-LAN-LEIGH Mailing List ==== > Our list covers the following towns: Leigh (inc. Pennington, Westleigh & Bedford), Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley, Lowton, Golborne, Hindley, Abram, Howe Bridge, Culcheth and Glazebury. Make sure your family members join our list. This list is only as good as its members - please contribute regularly. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

Hi Valerie Plank Lane glass works is shown on the 1893 OS map as being on the north side of Plank Lane between Talbot Road and the canal and behind the Britannia Inn Hope that helps David in Hertford, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie @ ntlworld.com" <v.lirakis@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 8:15 PM Subject: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Re: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Canal Boat People > > Regarding the Cundliffes, do you know where the glass works was, as I found > several glass makers living in the Plank Lane area on the 1881 census. I > asked my mother if she remembered any glass works in the area (she is 97, > and was brought up in Plank Lane) but she doesn't remember any. > > Regards, Valerie >

Hi I forgot to add that the glass works was just outside the Leigh boundary and in fact in Abram - at that point Plank Lane itself forms the boundary, only the south side being in Leigh. David in Hertford, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Wilkinson" <david@nrdav.freeserve.co.uk> To: <ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:06 PM Subject: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Re: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Re: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Canal Boat People > Hi Valerie > > Plank Lane glass works is shown on the 1893 OS map as being on the north > side of Plank Lane between Talbot Road and the canal and behind the > Britannia Inn > > Hope that helps > > David in Hertford, England

Thanks Dave, I knew there must have been one in the vicinity. Would you happen to know when it closed? My mother lived at 140 Plank Lane - very close to Talbot Road, so I think she would have known if it had still been in existence then. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: David Wilkinson <david@nrdav.freeserve.co.uk> To: <ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:06 PM Subject: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Re: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Re: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Canal Boat People > Hi Valerie > > Plank Lane glass works is shown on the 1893 OS map as being on the north > side of Plank Lane between Talbot Road and the canal and behind the > Britannia Inn > > Hope that helps > > David in Hertford, England > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valerie @ ntlworld.com" <v.lirakis@ntlworld.com> > To: <ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com> >> > > > > ==== ENG-LAN-LEIGH Mailing List ==== > Our list covers the following towns: Leigh (inc. Pennington, Westleigh & Bedford), Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley, Lowton, Golborne, Hindley, Abram, Howe Bridge, Culcheth and Glazebury. Make sure your family members join our list. This list is only as good as its members - please contribute regularly. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >