Ask Accrington library to see if there was an obituary of the lodging house keeper if you know when he died, or if they have anything on him - a cutting maybe.
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Search the Blackburn newspapers on-line using keyword 'lodging house' or 'model.'or the keeper's name. Also ask Blackburn library if they have any cuttings on the chap.They may have a file on obits.from the papers