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Hello Nikki, it’s John Thorpe here again. I’m not sure how to navigate your website and I’m probably logged in as a contributor ? I wondered if your researches had taken you to a contact named George Newbrook, also known as Sammy Buttercup, famous for Lancashire dialect poems ? As I put in my blog, I originate from Middleton, Manchester, but have lived in the Warrington area for over 50 years. During one period I edited the church magazine for ChristChurch Croft, and mentioned George in one of my articles because he is buried there. Below is an excerpt from an email from a parishioner who helped me with some research :-
The following facts reveal themselves on Ancestry:
George Newbrook was born on 3 March 1835, the son of Samuel and Ann Newbrook.
He was baptised on 19 April 1835 in the Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George.
On 18 Aug 1871, he married Hannah Webster in the above Church.
He died on 20 Feb 1890. Records would seem to indicate that interment took place at Croft on 23 Feb 1890.
It was not unusual for ceremonies to take place in Manchester, my Grandparents were married in Manchester Cathedral and they lived all their lives in Croft, so George also could have been a “Crofter”. It would be helpful if I could obtain a copy of the Death Certificate, and this I will endeavour to do.
He did in fact obtain a copy of the certificate. In my archive I seem to remember finding reference to one of George’s poems and I’ll have a dig round for it if you would like the info.
I hope this epistle is of interest ?
Very Best Wishes John.
Hi John, this sounds interesting! No I’ve not heard of him.
You can email me at hello@nikkiwordsmith for future reference.
I’ll see if I can find any of his poems too. I only know the bare minimum about those particular poets and how they tried to help the cotton workers.