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PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MR DILKS AND FAMILY

Catalogue reference: 1553

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This record is about the PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MR DILKS AND FAMILY dating from 1900 - 1933.

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Reference
1553
Title
PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MR DILKS AND FAMILY
Date
1900 - 1933
Held by
Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
Language
English
Creator(s)
<persname>Dilks, Brian, b 1915, of Swinton, Manchester</persname>
Physical description
51 PHOTOGRAPHS
Administrative / biographical background

Brian Dilks was born in 1915 at Worsley and lived at 'Springbank' from 1921 to 1933. He attended Worsley Congregational Church and later Manchester Grammar School. He moved to London in 1937 and met his wife there through his involvement with the United Nations League. His father, Harcourt Leslie Dilks, was the manager at Deans Mill in Swinton and Brian Dilks eventually went into the business moving back to Manchester In 1961. See also deposit 1107.

*Deans Mill was in Deans Road in Swinton and was demolished in 1973. It was run by Simpson and Godlee Ltd before 1900 and closed as a mill in 1962. From 1867 called Dan Saul's Mill.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/647ad1be-841a-4d73-b789-e91fca665d33/

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PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MR DILKS AND FAMILY