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Originally Posted by Atarah
Hi hope this may be the first time you have seen this photo?
Are you aware your great grandfather J L lost his sight at the age of 6 after a bad illness? In his teens he was sent to be trained at the Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind, London? Here he leant to be a pianoforte tuner. If you are not aware of this info, I will gladly sent you what I have now found.
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Atarah, that's fantastic. I think I have seen that photo - it was the third JL Haworth shop in Piccadilly, Blackburn Road. It looks like the photo that was used in the Jubilee newspaper article in 1938. I was aware JL was blind, but otherwise I haven't got a lot of other detail.
And yes, now that I think of it, Rosador was in Whalley Road. I have dug through some info that dad's cousin Thelma had provided - her and dad's mothers were sisters. This makes reference to Rosador being in Whalley Road. I've also picked up on something else, being that after Rosador, they lived at "The Grove" in Livingstone Road. I know they moved to Gunnislake in Devon prior to moving out to Australia, but I presume Livingstone Road is in Accrington too.
Thelma's info also makes mention of the Music Emporium partnership (being between grandfather Fred and his brother Roland) being dissolved. I wonder whether there was some tension between the 2 that led to that??? Roland and his family emigrated to the USA, following other relatives that had also emigrated. I am in touch with some of Roland's descendants on an occasional basis too.
So, more interesting information....
cheers
Peter