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Fred Lomax was an elder brother of my Great Grandfather, Frank Lomax. I never recall meeting him. My mother and her mother Jenny(Jane) Dunn (Lomax) spoke fondly of him. In fact the rest of the Lomax clan were always regarded in high esteem. (Genealogy to follow) However it seems that he may have been the only one who held a high elected office in his local council. My Grandfather Tom Lomax worked for local authorities in his capacity as a borough surveyor. Tom was 22 when Fred Lomax was in the chair and he may have been working for Tottington UDC at the time. He designed the "Catsteps" The steps that lead off the road from Stormer hill to Old Kays and thence on to Turton Road. However this post is to publish the 1922 yearbook of the Tottington UDC, when Uncle Fred was its chairman. The book is pocket size about 8 inches by 4 inches, covered in a cloth covered card board a grey colour. Clearly designed to be used in meetings. It is quite well used the wear on it must ha...

Hope I am not transgressing an ancient copyright! I probably am, but I am publishing the March 1980 copy of Lancashire Life that has the article on Tottington - That makes 32 years. Pictures and captions first followed by the text. (My comments in brackets). A copy of the PDF can be found here . It is a very large file sorry! I will transcribe the rest shortly! The start of the transcription starts here: The italics are mine! It's hard to think of Tottington as being a part of Greater Manchester. The long straight road leading to the town out of Bury is lined on either side with splendid terraces of houses, stone-built and and fortress-solid, so that driving between them is like passing through a spacious railway cutting. And although you will find that Messrs Wimpey and their ilk have erected modern estates which differ not one brick from other modern estates any where in Britain, the terrain is different, and the view is different, and the place has an almost intang...