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Where Was the Electric Globe Maker? Asks Prescot Roll of Honour Editor
Reader Stephen Nulty writes:
“Working my way through the 1911 census for Prescot, I have noticed the large number of young single women who were employed in the “globe” industry. Though I have not yet analysed the complete census, this list is emerging.
Forename | Surname |
Age |
Occupation |
James Courtney | Procter |
51 |
Clerk, Electric Globe Works |
Esther | Leadbetter |
20 |
Wire Globe Maker |
Annie | Dooley |
19 |
Electric Globe Maker |
Martha | Jaundrill |
17 |
Packer at Globe Works |
Betty | Welsby |
19 |
Clerk, Electric Globe Works |
Lydia | Parr |
22 |
Incandescent Globe Lamp Maker |
Lilly | Ascroft |
19 |
Electric Globe Packer |
Elizabeth | Platt |
25 |
Electric Globe Blower |
Ellen Ann | Naylor |
24 |
Electric Globe Blower |
Mary | Platt |
15 |
Glass Globe Blower |
Kate | Lyon |
22 |
Electric Globe Blower |
Jane | Lyon |
16 |
Electric Globe Blower |
Margaret | Eaton |
18 |
Glass Globe Maker |
Violet | Young |
17 |
Electric Globe Blower |
Nellie | Hornby |
18 |
Electric Globe Blower |
Alice | Corns |
17 |
Globe Packer |
Ellen | McEllin |
19 |
Globe Blower |
Charlotte Faith | Houghton |
19 |
Testing Globes |
Elizabeth | Preston |
18 |
Electric Globe Works |
Martha | Hornby |
45 |
Electric Globe Finisher |
Elizabeth | Hornby |
20 |
Electric Globe Packer |
Elizabeth | Case |
29 |
Electric Lamp Globe Maker |
Hannah | Taylor |
19 |
Electric Globe Finisher |
Minnie | Case |
19 |
Electric Globe Maker |
Lily | Chew |
18 |
Electric Globe Maker |
Louisa | Molyneux |
25 |
Electric Globe Maker |
Gertrude | Molyneux |
21 |
Electric Globe Maker |
Mary | Molyneux |
16 |
Electric Globe Maker |
“The only make I have encountered is James proctor, who is the clerk.
“I don’t believe that this was part of the BI, but I have been unable to positively determine where this “Electric Globe Maker” was located. I believe that there may have been something in Huyton, but this seems to be a long way to go for such a large number of people.”
Stephen Nulty is compiler of the excellent Prescot Roll of Honour resource, a website paying tribute to those Prescotians who served and gave their lives in the Great War of 1914 to 1919.
Please leave a comment below or email Stephen at mail@prescot-rollofhonour.info if you can help him in his research.
Tony Biggs
Monday, July 22, 2013 at 2:04 pm
Hale View Road, next to the Pottery
Stephen Nulty
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Thanks, Tony
Ken. Layhe
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 7:11 pm
Hi,Steven, I have a feeling that the Globe Works mentioned may well have been at Huyton Quarry, which would have been much closer to Prescot, when the route taken may have been through the Old Carrs.
Martha Jaundril who was a young girl at the time was my maternal Grandmother.
Best Regards Ken Layhe