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Hiya Dave, I agree, I honestly can’t see anyone wealthy in a 3-4 room house.
I’ve been carrying on my research and came across this yesterday from the Huddersfield Examiner (13 May 1939) – which I thought was fascinating. This does lead me to question if it wouldn’t have led to “Spring Place”. Either way, this was the first time I’ve seen a reference to a spring in the garden, and I haven’t seen these pictures anywhere else from people interested in the area – so I thought I’d share. 🙂
From research, I believe the woman in the photo is Mrs Mary Hartley, and the baby would be Nora – who was 3 weeks old when the 1939 Register was taken.
I think that Spring Place was on the other side of Thick Hollins Drive to where the marker is positioned on the map. It’s currently over the house circled in blue on the map, which is now called “The Lodge” but I think it’s actually the two houses circled in red (as there was a 1 and a 2 Spring Place). The Lodge has never been big enough to be two houses. I think that The Lodge was built or at least used, as part of the Old Mill complex, there’s evidence of a waterwheel and workings in the Ridge Busk.
I’d love to know what other people think!
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