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The Bandstand, Victoria Park
When
George Pritchard (1897) and Nellie Cottam left Co. Durham for Denton with the intention of getting married they went to Nellie’s
mother Clara at 302, Manchester Road and George was taken in as a boarder. They
both found jobs with Lancashire Felt (an American Company) which was less than five minutes walk from their front door. On 1st June 1928 they married at the United Methodist Church on Hyde Road, Denton.
United Methodist Church, Hyde Road
the church has been rebuilt and renamed since
George and Nellie married there in 1928
Their
first home together as a married couple was in a flat above the Gas Showrooms, close to Crown
Point on Manchester Road. On February
24th 1929 their first son Brian was born in the flat.
Their first home
still there, the building is now the Denton
Branch of the Halifax Bank
George
was unhappy at Lancashire Felt, had an argument with the foreman and left. He
soon found a job at Oldhams Batteries where he found that the wages were better and the firm a happier place to work. However
he wasn’t happy in Denton, missed the north east of England and persuaded
Nellie to abandon her hometown and take their baby son back to Co. Durham.
Moores Hat Works, Heaton Street,
Clara Ward (nee Cottam) lived there as a
girl and the Cottam sisters, Nellie, Marion,
Agnes and Annie worked there.
Jolly Hatters, Town Lane.
there are three public houses
in Denton, named Jolly Hatters.
A tribute to the hatting industry
and those that worked in it!
'Tipping the Linney'
yet another tribute to the hatting industry.
This statue has been erected recently outside
Denton
Town Hall
The Walker, Ashworth & Linney hat factory stood
on Ashton Road and they made this type of hat
Denton Town Band
Denton-Township Information
Denton and Haughton
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