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No probs good luck my family were connected to smithfield market in manchesterand had a shop there selling fish and poultry until they all retired and guess what went back to Ireland they are all dead now and are in a cemerty in s ireland Nice chatting with you 

 You are right the Brown story is sad ... his mill was called Bradley Fold Mill and was in Bolton i believe now it is a modern housing estate .He manufactured equipment to go into the mills rather than it being a working mill. All the family are buried in Moston Cemertry . My adoptive parents were very active in helping the sisters at Broome Lane in raising funds so that they could continue with their work.My adoptive father would go and collect the young girls from their homes when they were going to stay at St Teresa's prior to giving birth and then return them afterwards. Ican remember the 2 houses very clearly with all the little canvas cots laid out in rows in the summer months Although i was adopted at 6 weeks we would return on a regular basis because my adoptive father had a bussiness in Smithfied Market m/c and usrd to supply the convent with all fish fruit etc so as you can guess we were always welcome . John Browns wife Mary came to live in Blackpool after he died and i have been to see the house she bought it is now turned into flats but on her death was brought back to be buried in the family grave in Moston