Tobacco Shop

A Memory of Ashton-in-Makerfield.

During the war, my stepmother, her mother and sister stayed with the Whitehills over their tobacco shop, after arriving in Liverpool in a convoy on the famous S.S. Aguila (Captain Arthur Frith) which was torpedoed on the return trip to Gibraltar with 90 wrens drowning. My stepmother said the Whitehills, who spoke no French and her family no English, were generous with their rations and kind to them. If Mr and Mrs Whitehill did not exist nor their tobacco shop this is possible because this was the memory of an elderly lady who was 11 during the war.
If anyone can confirm the existence of the couple and their shop, I would like to hear from them.


Added 17 April 2025

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