Thomas James Armstrong also had a beautiful tenor voice in his younger days and he would sing in pubs and clubs across the valley
Thomas James Armstrong passed away from subdural haematomas on June 21 at Haslingden Hall in Helmshore, aged 87. When Thomas first arrived in the valley, he became a fire beater for Porritt’s Cotton Mill in Helmshore.
“He made me a small raft when I was a boy for a competition. He built a 28 foot canal boat and an 18 foot fishing boat refurbished from the shell of Hassy Sea Cadets. His parents were semi-familiar with the valley as their eldest daughter, Margaret was an evacuee in Darwen. They decided to re-locate from Manchester to Helmshore in 1957 living at Park Hill Farm House, Musbury.
The greatgrandfather-of-47 travelled to Saudi Arabia for his work with Colebatch which involved injecting polyurethane foam into cavities to make coal rooms and help people living in the country to store meat at cool temperatures. His last place of work was at Keighley and Taylors where he was employed as a wagon driver.
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