Our great (x2) uncle (or great grand-uncle to put it another way) - was a man called Richard Hornshaw, a descendant of the Hornshaws of Whyns Farm, Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire, who became a director of Manningham Mills, also known as Lister's Mill, in Bradford.
Lister's velvet was world famous - the mill even supplied velvet curtains to the White House in Washington DC and also supplied and dyed the coronation velvet for the royals. Growing up we had of course, got Lister's velvet curtain in out home.
The Hornshaw's were, collectively, all characters and originally, for 100's of years, farmers.
Charles Frederick Walker's mother, Elizabeth Mary, was the sister of Richard Hornshaw, who lived at a house called Woodbrow, in Heaton, Bradford.
John Hornshaw, Richard and Elizabeth's father, was our great great grandfather. He was originally from Whyns farm at Thorpe Arch in Yorkshire but ended his days living in Manningham, Bradford.
Richard Hornshaw died in September, 1918. He had been ill and had an operation from which he was expected to recover but unfortunately, this was not to be the case.
A number of notables of the time attended his funeral - one was Mr Augustus E Ingram, USA consul for Bradford and there were floral tributes from Mrs Reixach and family - (Reginald Reixach, son of Jose Reixach) from the Trumpeter's House, Richmond. Reginald Reixach, a friend of Richard Hornshaw, attended personally.
Salts Mill, of nearby Saltaire, a kind of rival to Manningham Mills, also respectfully sent a representative, a Mr H L Searle, who was Salts Mill's export manager in 1918.
Uncle Richard is mentioned in the 'Letters to Lister' archives and even features during the Manningham Mills strike, of 'gassers' (spinners), of the early 1890's. He is, in his own right, an interesting notable, part of the tapestry of late 19th century and early 20th century northern English mill history.
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| Bradford Daily Argus, September 1918 |
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