[Ann Morris]

Thank you for adding me to the Accrington Web. I am trying to find out information about my father's family. I know that he was born in Widnes and have traced his father and grandfather, also to Widnes. I have come across a cutting from an unidentified and undated newspaper referring to Mrs Halewood who died in her 72nd year at her daughter's home, Dowry Street, Accrington. The funeral was held at "the church and Clayton Cemetery." I presume the Church referred to was the Moscow Mill Street United Methodist Free Church as she is described as the widow of a formal chapel keeper. I had assumed she was my great grandmother, widow of Oscar Halewood, but I was not aware that he had moved to Accrington from Widnes in order to be a chapel keeper there. Mrs Halewood is described as being a dedicated socialist, and as having written to the "Advertiser" many times under a nom de plume. I am guessing it is a reference to the "Accrington Advertiser" which appears only to have existed under that name for two years. She is also described as attending meetings held at Crawshaws Hall.
Can anyone help with:-
1. Where I would find records of Chapel Keepers at the Moscow Mill Street united Methodist Free Church.
2. Where I can find archives for the Accrington Advertiser.
3. Where I can find records of those buried at Clayton Cemetery.
4. Any sources of information about active socialist groups in the Accrington area.
If this is my great grandmother, Emily Halewood, she would have died in 1931.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!