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Madam who?
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Madam Morris
Photo: Angus Graham
Photo: Angus Graham
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Item #: 11612
Item #: 11612
Here's a photo of a middle-class widow from the 1890s, taken in Simpkin's studio in Ashton. On the back is pencilled 'Madam Morris'. Who was Madam Morris and why have I got her in among a bunch of photos of an ordinary working-class mining/cotton family?
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Comment by: David Marsh on 22nd August 2009 at 17:38
My mother was a Morris of Wigan roots and I would willingly take this grand lady into my family.
Comment by: Ged on 23rd August 2009 at 18:14
Angus , the was a cafe on the corner of Bryn st & garswood st about 40 years ago & the name of the owner was Morris
Add a century to that, Ged, and we might be getting warm. 1880s, the secretary of Garswood Colliery was a Thomas Morris. Does anyone know when he died? Could this be his widow?
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