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Old 13-09-24, 13:32
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I just wrote a really long post and then answered most of my own question!

Now I just need to know whether, to a local person, the area called Horwich, to the NW of Manchester, would be classed as Bolton or Manchester or neither in the 1980s?
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Officislly Bolton since 1974, but that doesn't really answer your question! Sorry.

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Old 13-09-24, 14:49
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Thanks OC, that is useful because back in 1939 there was no Edward Street listed for Horwich, but there was one listed for Bolton, so possibly the same street?
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I would cautiously think so!

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I thought our A-Z of Lancashire would help here, and it has a bit, but not as much as I thought, since it turns out not to include Bolton! Anyway, it does include Horwich, which does have an Edward Street, which is not the same as Edward Street in Bolton.
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Here is a bit of Edward Street, Horwich, on the 1939 Register:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...e&pId=28351226
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Old 13-09-24, 16:23
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Why didn't that page come up for me?! It's a bit odd - the person in the phone book is F McKernan, but around 40 years after this Francis b 1875, was living there. I suppose the person living there in the 1980s was a descendant? The person it's not going to be though, is the person I'm looking for, who was also F (Frank) McKernan, b 1922 in Northern Ireland as Simon Francis McKernan who probably never owned a phone and was possibly homeless or living in hostels in Bolton much of the time. I had hoped he wasn't as badly off as suggested, but it's back to the drawing board for now! Thank you both for your help.
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I see Francis b 1875 had a son Francis b 1908 so it may be him in the phone book, or, like my own family, they may have left the phone book entry with the name of a dec'd family member because they could!
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Hi I am also looking for information on the same frank anything would be great iv done quite a bit of research myself.
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Hi Amanda, I'm sending you a personal message.
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