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Old 12-07-2008, 09:53   #7
rtbarton
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Re: Sir William Cocker

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Originally Posted by pendy View Post
He had a lovely Rolls Royce - probably the only one ever seen in Accrington. I got a lift home in it a couple of times, because he was an honorary uncle to my friend Anne-Marie who lived on Queens Road. He was a very nice man, I remember, but the smell from his factory was awful!
According to my late mother Conly Riley of Rileys Chemicals had a Rolls Royce - he let my mum drive it, much to the annoyance of Mrs Riley!
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