One of my ancestors, born in Mellor, was a 21-year-old under-gardener living alone in the `Garden Boothy' at Gawthorpe Hall in the 1871 census. It did him good and he ended up with a career as Gardener in Corporation Park, Blackburn.

One of my ancestors, born in Mellor, was a 21-year-old under-gardener living alone in the `Garden Boothy' at Gawthorpe Hall in the 1871 census. It did him good and he ended up with a career as Gardener in Corporation Park, Blackburn.
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