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Date Posted: Tue, 11 Sep 2018, 13:32:00
Author: Paul Drew (Informative)
Subject: Re: Parkin Family (Bone Cutters)
In reply to: david hartley 's message, "Re: Parkin Family (Bone Cutters)" on Mon, 18 Sep 2017, 16:37:13

>>Hi
>> I'm looking for any leads regarding the Parkin
>>family of Heeley. The family had operated a Bone
>>Cutting etc business at 188 Rockingham Street, until
>>relatively recent years and I believe lived in Heeley.
>>
>> Does this ring a bell with anyone?
>Hi
>On the left hand side, looking down the " 21 steps "
>at the bottom of Nicholson rd was a Bone factory, or a
>person who made knife & fork handles in bone. We used
>to climb over the wall, and get the handles to play
>NICK NACKS, as they did with SPOONS. Are these the
>people you are looking for ??
>Bye Dave

Hey Dave, I'm sure you know its the 49 steps, probably a tryping error. The factory became known as the" Plastic Cutters" colloquialy, I suppose they were moving with the times when cutlery handles were made of plastic. We used to nip over the wall and there were bins of round balls about the size of golf balls and we would put a match to them and and they would burst into flames.
The good old days eh!

Cheers, Paul

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