Sarah was wife of Henshaw Stubbs, farmer of Sowcar. Len and mary were two of their many children. Len was killed at Salonica and is on the Rainow War memorial, Sowcar being within the Rainow boundary.
Categories: Farm
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Private Henshaw Stubbs
Len Stubbs, the donor of the picture, said henshaw lived at the Homestead, Pott Shrigley and was a small farmer. He also worked at Pott Shrigley Brickworks sorting pit props for the mine there.
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Sarah Stubbs and son at Sowcar Farm
Sarah, wife of Henshaw Stubbs. Died 1939 aged 74. Farmed at Sowcar Farm. Sons Percy,Richard,Henshaw, James, John, Leonard. John born in 1888 at Harrop Fold. When married farmed at Burton’s farm Saltersford, then Bay Tree Farm Hedgerow the Sowcar from 1932.
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Harding’s Mode Hill Farm, Clarke Lane
One of the very old established farms in area, Mode Hill Farm is part of the hamlet of Mode Hill (by the Lord Clyde inn).
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Blue Bell Farm, Tytherington
One of a collection of pictures taken on and around Blue Bell Farm, Tytherington, during the 1930s,40s and 50s. Leslie Hayes riding the implement with Geoff Worth age 4 in 1934.
