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Originally Posted by Balbus
Sir William's daughter, Mary, married Austin Smith, a partner in Simpson & Ashworth, Solicitors in Cannon Street. He was a widower, and she was his second wife. Austin Smith lived in Southport and used to commute to Accrington almost every day.
Talking of Rolls Royces and local solicitors, what about Dick Rowlands' enormous 2 seater 1926(?) Roller? He inherited it from his father (also a solicitor) who bought it from Lord Roseberry - allegedly because it was the only car he could get behind the wheel of.
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I think that would be the same Rolls, that as lads walking home from school about 1948/9 would be parked at the end of Grimshaw st Clayton-le-Moors, we would stop and gaze in awe at it. Rowlands had an office on the main road just around the corner.