Oakenclough Mill (Garstang)

We moved from Horwich to Lancaster in 1957, my father, John Ainscough, having been appointed Technical Director of the mill. The mill Managing Director was Harold Jackson, who drove an Aston Martin DB Mark 3, and the Financial Director was Edward Robinson. The firm was indeed part of the British Tissues conglomerate – and the main products were toilet paper and brown hand tissues. The mill was in the heart of the moorland near Garstang, and very difficult to get to in snowy winters – Dad always travelled with a spade and snow boots in the boot of his 1955 split-screen Morris Minor. He was made redundant when the mill closed in 1971.

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