Hi list, more of those wonderful Keighley Characters.....it does as Roy said....make you wonder how man 'Normal' people were in Keighley........"whatever normal might be" Patsy MEEGAN - 'Patsy the Cooper' made ashtubs (dustbins) and tubs for washing (washing tubs) out of old apple barrels. Butter barrels and beer barrels with old bed laths (for the iron bands) He was know to reside in Ivy Place. Mickey LANE A shellshocked soldier from the 1914-1918 War. He would dart across the street, narrowly being missed by waggons and buses. (He could not have survived modern traffic) One moment he would be deep in conversation with you, the next he would shoot off. He refused to leave his house, in Burlington Street, as it was being demolished around him in the 1930s. He did not want to go to the Workhouse or St. Johns......BUT no one knows what became of him. Jimmy PATON Would go around whitewashing cellars and ceilings. He would pawn his clogs to get a drink and find some old shoes to wear in the meantime. He would then redeem his clogs after he had done another whitewashing job. He lived in the Kip. 'Smith Pick' PICKARD known as 'Belt O' Quids' Would carry around the gold coins with which he was paid out after fighting in the Boer War, he carried them in his money belt. He was a big man, who worked for the Corporation, mostly on the manholes. He lived in eddie's Lodging House. The Beadle. Was a massive Irish navvy, of short stature. He was very sociable and would go to the 'Irish National' (Club). He lived in West Lane, and used to go around with 'Widow' Tush a well known lady, who lived by the Brown Cow pub in Turkey Street. (Brown Cow pub is still there) More later....................... WArmest Wishes Jan in Bronte Country Co-List Admin Eng-Yorks, Bradford Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Updated daily automatically. WARNING ..... To help prevent any virus transmission DO NOT open any attachments to this mail unless the attachment filename is quoted in my first line of the message text