Secret love letters and a gift exchanged at the turn of the century between Herbert Wilkins, a weaver from Stacksteads near Bacup, and Ethel Ormerod, of Waterfoot in Rossendale, a slipper machinist. The lovebirds met in 1898, but felt compelled to keep the relationship secret due to family disapproval, and married in 1904. To find out more about this and other historical records, visit the Lancashire Archives page on the Lancashire County Council website

Secret love letters and a gift exchanged at the turn of the century between Herbert Wilkins, a weaver from Stacksteads near Bacup, and Ethel Ormerod, of Waterfoot in Rossendale, a slipper machinist. The lovebirds met in 1898, but felt compelled to keep the relationship secret due to family disapproval. The pair wrote to each other privately, steamed letters open, and communicated via friends or via their workplaces until they married in 1904. To find out more about this and other historical records, visit the Lancashire Archives page on the Lancashire County Council website.

Secret love letters and a gift exchanged in a secret, turn of the century love affair between Herbert Wilkins, a weaver from Stacksteads near Bacup, and Ethel Ormerod, of Waterfoot in Rossendale, a slipper machinist. The lovebirds met in 1898, but since they felt compelled to keep the relationship secret due to family disapproval, wrote to each other privately, steamed letters open, and communicated via friends or via their workplaces until they married in 1904. To find out more about this and other historical records, visit the Lancashire Archives page on the Lancashire County Council website.jpg
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Secret love letters and a gift exchanged at the turn of the century between Herbert Wilkins, a weaver from Stacksteads near Bacup, and Ethel Ormerod, of Waterfoot in Rossendale, a slipper machinist. The lovebirds met in 1898, but felt compelled to keep the relationship secret due to family disappro