HI List More from Keighley Characters 'Bits of Mints' Had an operation his gullet, and could drink 12 pints of beer during the time the Mechanics' clock took to strike 12. He was not from Keighley.....just appeared often. Arthur 'Boy Scout' GREENWOOD Was in the local Boy Scouts, and he always wanted to be given a three fingered salute. He worked hard for charities and was a great friend of Joe VINT. Hilda STELL was the daughter of a wheelwright and housekeeper for her father in Starkie Street (off Golbourne St) She vas a volunteer for the RSPCA, and would put cats and dogs to sleep in the hut next door but one to where she lived. On MOnday every 1/2 weeks a wagon would arrive to take all the animals bodies to Port Sunlight where the 'bodies made soap' She was the first woman who was was known to wear trousers' corduroys. She also wore brown overalls and a beret. * My note..........I remember Hilda STELL.............she was a terribly masculine woman and I used to hate what she did with the animals............... 'Clogger' KENNEDY He made clogs and put the irons on. He worked at Thornton's at t'Top o' Town. He worked in the cellar and the clogs were dropped to him through a trap door. He was K-legged. 'Bussy Joe' Worked for Bonnet's haulage firm, and drove a big waggon, he was only 5 ft tall, but was very argumentative. 'Fish' Tom GREEN Had a wet fish shop at the top of Mill Street. On a Saturday night he would give all the fish he had left to people, as there were no fridges. He suddenly gave it up to become a (non-catholic) priest. Dominic SHERLOCK Had a small second hand (bric a brac) shop at t' Top o' Town. Always walked sideways, with one hand in his pocket. He wighed a mere 5 or 6 stone. 'Old' BROWN, known as 'Jesus' Was a local knocker-up. , he carried a bamboo pole with piano wires with small knobs fastened to it. He rattled the windows to wake you up......charge about 6d per week. 'Stevie Dummy' Anoth knocker-up who lived up North Dean Rd, he had a very large round at Guardhouse. He was handicapped, being deaf and dumb. You would write the time you wanted to be 'knocked up' sic 'Dick the Barber' Had his shop in west Lane. He learnt his trade in the army and charged 2d for a haircut. He would let children go in and read the comics, even when not having their hair cut. 'Blank One' Ed KENNEDY Lived in the Kip, with his family, he only had one eye (It was thought he lost it during the war) 'Sarann' (Sarah Ann) BURROWS Had a second hand shop on Damside. She would also buy co-op checks - and would collect the divi on them, almost like a pawnshop. Her husband worked at Hammond's Coal Merchants. 'Mother' HODGESON ANother second hand clothes shop dealer on Damside. She would go around all the large houses buying stock. She specialised in ladies clothing. Her son 'Baggy' HODGSON died in an accident on his motorbike at Hawkcliffe Corner. 'Old Darkie' Would put small pieces of leather onto his boots, which made them almost two inches high. He lived in the Kip. He was once a murder suspect - he had the same footprints - and he said he would never have the same again. Warmest Wishes Jan in Bronte Country