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Worralls' Dairy in
Prospect Place, Beards Street and at 29 Horton Street
In June 1908 the same Robert Worrall, a
dairyman from Beard Street who was to steal Thomas Small’s cows in
1910 had been prosecuted under the Public Health Act.
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13th
June, 1908. Walsall Advertiser:
DARLASTON: For Health’s
Sake, Robert Worrall, milk seller, The
Green, was summoned at the Police Court on
Wednesday for having a defective manure pit
on his premises, and not complying with
certain sections of the Public Health Act,
and also for obstructing the inspector in
the execution of his duty.
From the evidence it
transpired that several visits had been paid
to the defendant's premises by the sanitary
inspector and the medical officer, and the
drain was found to be choked. Water and
liquid manure lay about the premises which
endangered the purity of the milk. The
defendant refused to effect any improvement,
and when ‘the inspector spoke to him became
abusive and threatened to smash the
inspector's face.
The summons under the
Public Health Act was dismissed, on the
grounds that the information was laid by the
sanitary inspector, who had no standing in
the matter. The clerk should have instituted
the proceedings. The summons for obstruction
was adjourned for a fortnight. |
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On the 1911 census, Richard’s younger brother
Moses Worrall, (38), was living at Prospect Place, Beard Street with
a housekeeper, his sister, Elizabeth Keay and her daughter Mary.
Moses was described as a dairyman working on his own account. In
1911 Richard hadn’t returned from jumping bail so wasn’t on the
census, but lived in Beard Street according to the 1910 court case.
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Prospect Place, now 18 Midland Road, still
with wide gate access. |
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The sign on the house above. |
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Prior to their mother’s death in 1903, the
Worrall family were running a dairy business close by at No. 29
Horton Street, which had been in operation for over 20 years. On
the 1881 census, William Worrall, (53), a cowkeeper dairyman was
living at No.29 Horton Street with his wife Nancy and 8 of their
12 children. On the 1891 census, Nancy, a widow, was living at
No 29 Horton Street with her two sons, Robert and Moses, where
she was described as a cowkeeper and Robert (22) as her helper.
Likewise on the 1901 census, Nancy (73),
was called a cowkeeper of cattle and her sons, Robert, (32), and
Moses,(31), were both cowkeepers. Nancy was working on her “own
account, at home” which confirms that the business was indeed
based at No. 29 Horton Street. Nancy died in 1903 when the two
brothers moved to Prospect Place, Beard Street (now 18 & 19
Midland Road).
Prospect Place was a pair of semi detached
cottages specially built, one for dairying and one for rent,
around 1904, with a wide access gate and large yard to the rear.
Next door on the corner of Rubery Street was Providence Cottage. |
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Excerpt from 1918 OS map showing Beard
Street and Prospect Place. |
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Prospect Place
Moses Worrall was also using a horse from about
1907 until 1918 when it was put out to ley (see Staffordshire
Advertiser 12th March 1927). |
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