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Portrait of Fred Thackray, Town Clerk of Morley from 1902 to 1934. He was only the second person to hold this office, the first being Richard Borrough Hopkins from 1886 when Morley first received a Charter of Incorporation from Queen Victoria. Fred Thackray was the son of the village Blacksmith and educated at St. Peter's Church of England. From then he worked for the Local Authority for 54 years. He was honoured with the Freedom of the Borough in October 1931. Tragically, on the eve of his retirement from the office of Town Clerk in 1934, Fred Thackray died. His funeral was held at the Church of St. Mary's-in-the-Wood where thousands gathered to pay tribute to this well respected Morley man. His duties as Town Clerk were taken up by Edward Vincent Finnigan on 1st May 1934. The photograph most likely dates from 1902 when Fred Thackray was first appointed as Town Clerk at the age of 37.
Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | blacksmith St. Peter's Town Clerk St. Mary's-in-the-Wood | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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