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Worthington Mill - courtesy<br />
of <strong>Wigan</strong> & Leigh Archives<br />
Quiz<br />
Health, Chairman of Rainford <strong>Local</strong> Board and Chairman<br />
of Hindley Conservative Club. Records also show that<br />
Richard was largely responsible for the building of<br />
Hindley Parish Church where he held the post of senior<br />
churchwarden.<br />
Richard and Elizabeth had seven more children<br />
throughout their marriage, but the couple separated in<br />
December 1874. Three years later, Richard discovered that<br />
Elizabeth had formed a new relationship with a former<br />
gamekeeper of the estate, and they were divorced in 1878.<br />
He subsequently moved back to Hindley and the 1881<br />
census show him living at Hindley Lodge on Market Street.<br />
Richard died at the age of fifty-seven on the 10th of July<br />
1887 leaving all his estate in trust for his children until<br />
they reached the age of twenty-one. However, in January<br />
1895 the Hindley and Rainford properties were put up for<br />
auction and the whole of the Rainford estate including<br />
Muncaster Hall, the farms, cottages & houses totalling 315<br />
acres were bought by the Earl of Derby for £37,000.<br />
In February of the same year, one month after the hall<br />
was acquired by the Earl of Derby, the furniture and other<br />
belongings at Muncaster Hall were auctioned off in a<br />
three-day sale which left the house empty and with no<br />
trace of the family who once occupied it.<br />
Richard’s empire may have been no more, but he left a<br />
rich legacy in the communities that he called home. His<br />
eulogy referred to ‘his affection for his native places and<br />
his lavish expenditure of time and money on behalf all<br />
good objects’.<br />
With thanks to <strong>Wigan</strong> & Leigh Archives and St Helens Archive<br />
Service. The Archive Service collects, preserves and provides<br />
access to unique historic materials that relate to different<br />
aspects of life across the boroughs. Find out more information<br />
here – www.archives.wigan.gov.uk and<br />
www.sthelens.gov.uk/libraries/archive-service/<br />
Magic<br />
1. According to the lyrics of the 1989 hit single The<br />
Magic Number by De La Soul, what is the magic<br />
number?<br />
2. In a TV series first broadcast in 1997, who<br />
worked as a creative consultant to a stage<br />
magician called Adam Klaus?<br />
3. What sport do Orlando Magic play?<br />
4. Who would often tap his magic wand to<br />
perform magic when he heard the catchphrase<br />
“izzy wizzy, let’s get busy”?<br />
5. What was the title of the 2015 sequel to the<br />
2012 film Magic Mike?<br />
6. In the story of Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves, a<br />
cave full of treasure was sealed by magic. What<br />
two-word phrase allowed access to this cave?<br />
7. In the Harry Potter novels, what magical object<br />
can change all metals to gold, and can also be<br />
used to make a potion called the elixir of life<br />
that makes anyone who drinks it immortal?<br />
8. In the fairy tale Jack And The Beanstalk, what<br />
does Jack exchange to get the magic beans that<br />
cause the beanstalk to grow?<br />
9. Who recorded the album 24K Magic, which<br />
won seven awards in total at the 2018 Grammy<br />
Awards?<br />
10. On the TV show The Magic Roundabout,<br />
Zebedee would often close the show by saying<br />
what threeword phrase?<br />
Quiz solutions can be found on page 83 of this magazine
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