On 13 December 1907, between 2.30pm and 3pm, an explosion occurred in the engine room at the Deakin’s jam factory at Naunton Field, Toddington. The explosion blew the roof off the engine house and fire quickly spread from the engine room to the nearby canning room. The flames was initially subdued by employees using hand […]
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The monthly meeting of the Band of Hope, held on 9 March 1887 at the Poolstock Wesleyan Mission Room was attended by several members of the Deakin family. The Wigan Observer and District Advertiser, 11 March 1887 reported: The usual monthly meeting of the Band of Hope was held on Wednesday night, when the following
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On Saturday 7 September 1895, W.R. Deakin’s annual picnic for his employees was held at Whittle Springs, to the north of Wigan in Lancashire. The Wigan Observer and District Advertiser reported on 14 September 1895: During the morning the weather was very unpropitious, but about noon “the clouds rolled by”, and the party, in high
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Deakin’s Jam for the Troops fighting the Boer War During the Boer War, over half a million packages of Deakin’s Jam was amongst the rations sent to the troops fighting the war in South Africa. The following letters were received by William Deakin from troops fighting the Boer War: 29th August 1900 Dear Sir, We,
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Methodist Episcopal Ministry, Des Moines, Iowa Aged 25, Samuel Wesley Deakin (1886-1956) a member of the Wesleyan Church, travelled to Iowa in August 1911 to enter the Methodist Episcopal Ministry. Founded by John Wesley in 1784, the Methodist Episcopal Church was the oldest Methodist denomination in the United States. The First United Methodist Church in
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