Comments on: Manningham Mills http://johnleach.co.uk/words/178/manningham-mills Stuff I think, see and do Mon, 14 May 2012 20:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Glenys Thornton http://johnleach.co.uk/words/178/manningham-mills/comment-page-1#comment-18133 Glenys Thornton Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:15:37 +0000 http://johnleach.co.uk/words/archives/2005/09/12/178/#comment-18133 I (and my brother and sisters) attended Lilycroft School and lived on St Paul's Road (from age 7 - 19). So I walked past the Mill every day on my way up Oak Lane. The Mill was operating in those days 1959 - 1964. The noise and dirt that went with its processes were an unremarked part of everyday life. In standard 3 (would be known as Year 5 these days) we went on a tour of the Mill to see it working. Very noisy and very frightening it was too. My father always said that we would have to work in the Mill if we did not study hard at school. I am so pleased that the Mill is being restored and that it will be part of the regeneration of Manningham. Glenys Thornton (now the Baroness Thornton of Manningham) I (and my brother and sisters) attended Lilycroft School and lived on St Paul’s Road (from age 7 – 19). So I walked past the Mill every day on my way up Oak Lane. The Mill was operating in those days 1959 – 1964. The noise and dirt that went with its processes were an unremarked part of everyday life.

In standard 3 (would be known as Year 5 these days) we went on a tour of the Mill to see it working. Very noisy and very frightening it was too. My father always said that we would have to work in the Mill if we did not study hard at school.

I am so pleased that the Mill is being restored and that it will be part of the regeneration of Manningham.

Glenys Thornton

(now the Baroness Thornton of Manningham)

]]> By: SUE PAGE http://johnleach.co.uk/words/178/manningham-mills/comment-page-1#comment-269 SUE PAGE Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:48:26 +0000 http://johnleach.co.uk/words/archives/2005/09/12/178/#comment-269 I am researching my family history - and came across your website. Thank you! my great aunt or perhaps she was my great great aunt worked at Manningham Mills [with her sisters] as a silk spinner and now thanks to you I have photographs of where she worked> Regards Sue I am researching my family history – and came across your website.

Thank you! my great aunt or perhaps she was my great great aunt worked at Manningham Mills [with her sisters] as a silk spinner
and now thanks to you I have photographs of where she worked>

Regards Sue

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