Samuel Pownall Deakin

Band of Hope Meeting, 9 March 1887

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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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W.R. Deakin’s Annual Picnic, 7 September 1895

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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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