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The Lightbowne Saga
With St Jude‘s school closing in July 1999 a history
of the school is being written, and we were looking at a couple of old registers.
I found that two of my aunties used to go to St Jude‘s, Mary Lightbowne
and Jane Lightbowne. As far as I knew,the Lightbownes were all catholics and
went to catholic schools, but that was the time we changed over.
About three lines down from my relative Mary Lightbowne
was Violet Carson, also known as Ena Sharples, of Coronation Street. That was
a surprise!
Violet Carson grew up in German Street, Ancoats (renamed
Radium Street during the First World War). Violet was a regular Christmas entertainer
at Sharp Street Ragged School, where Serafino di Felice, of the Italian Association,
met her and enjoyed her playing. We wonder whether any other readers knew Violet
Carson from her Ancoats days. We’d love to hear from you, if so.
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