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Mabel Aston, the donor's mother, aged 80. Her brother Charles Ernest Aston (Jnr.) helped with Rusholme Scouts, as did her future husband Sam Brittain (Jnr.). Mabel and Sam attended the Union Chapel which was on Oxford Road, between St. Marys and the Infirmary. The preacher was Dr. Roberts who the donor believes was an old-style `robust' preacher. In the 1960s Mabel took in Manchester University Students, and appears in an Evening News photo of landladies being treated by their lodgers.

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Mabel Aston, the donor's mother, aged 80. Her brother Charles Ernest Aston (Jnr.) helped with Rusholme Scouts, as did her future husband Sam Brittain (Jnr.). Mabel and Sam attended the Union Chapel which was on Oxford Road, between St. Marys and the Infirmary. The preacher was Dr. Roberts who the donor believes was an old-style `robust' preacher. In the 1960s Mabel took in Manchester University Students, and appears in an Evening News photo of landladies being treated by their lodgers.
Date of work:
1960s
Reference number:
GB124.DPA/1825/12
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Language:
English
Record number:
7545253
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