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George Murray
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George's father was a glassblower, George boarded with a Mr Gleadon who was a glassblower and was a labourer at the glassworks. This may have been at the Kilner factories - there was a Kilner brothers glassworks in Thornhill Lees and also one in Conisbrough, very near Mexborough. See kilner jar on wikipedia. See also who do you think you are episode with Jeremny Clarkson for more on the kilner glass history. Quotes from the Salvation Army article on the Murray's on the Murray's diamond wedding (see photo for full transcrupt): "His mother died when he was quite young and after her death he often used to sit on the doorstep of the public house waiting for his father to take him to their lodgings. When his father died he was left to fend for himself at eleven years of age." "He followed The Salvation Army during the Sheffield riots and soon after was converted. He remembers the time when “War Cry’s” were heard in the public houses in Mexborough, and when marching down Garden Street the Salvationists were pelted with cabbage and other refuse. " "The Bandmaster was first attracted to his wife when she volunteered to play the drum on the march in Doncaster when they went from Mexborough to hold some Meetings, during a rough period for the Salvationists. Mrs Murray, when converted in the early days at Mexborough promptly took all the flowers and feathers out of her hats and soon word got out." Image Gallery
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