All below has been sent from Margaret Francis, April 2010.

Joyce's dad Dennis Keeler, took over the Carrier's business from his stepfather Fred Rigden and you'll see from the photo of the lorry, they certainly did live and work out of at 22 Peter Street.

The back of the original says 1937 outside Garage...you'll notice the large sign for the Engineering Works though. It looks as if the doors in the street are all bricked up though, which seems a bit odd before the war.

The chap on the other one with the horse and the wonderful load of hay, she thinks is her dad, Dennis, but the background seems to have some kind of chimney or building with an arched roof maybe...anyway. (I believe the background shows the arch of the Viaduct. Paul Skelton.)

A bit more of the Rigden story from Canada, where another of the cousins now lives... Her mum was Ena - the oldest of the four children of Fred and Nellie Rigden.... my Nan's oldest step sister. This is her response to the photographs of the Rigden lorry and the wonderful horse and cart.

As far as I can remember my Mum telling me is that the engineering works was built very close to Peter Street. I think that the lorry was probably kept in garage close by to 22 Peter Street. I remember a story that my Mum told me about how Gran and Grampy met. It seems that Gran moved around town quite a bit to new houses/flats, (after she was widowed at 25 her mother in law decided she was an unfit mother and the children should be taken into a Catholic orphanage - it was only the compensation money that she got from the company that George Keeler worked for as a diver, when he was killed building the Harbour - probably Messrs Pearsons - that allowed her to keep the children... but obviously things were not easy and that she always got Gramp (Fred Rigden) to move her as he had a "carrier" business. Apparently during one of the many moves Gramp said to Gran, because I always seem to move you so much why don't we just get married. Quite the romantic proposal I would say. I can't say I ever remember Mum telling me the names of any pubs, although I do remember that Grampy liked to go for a pint. Apparently one Sunday lunch time, Gran became so cross because he was always late for lunch that she took his dinner down to the pub and put it on the bar. She got a bit cross with him about that habit and had been known to say to him "you could spend that money on us instead of dressing the publicans wife".

I agree that the photo of the horse and wagon is Uncle Dennis (Keeler.. He took over the business but kept the Rigden name), and what a lovely horse. Yes, the horse looks gorgeous. But here again I remember Mum saying that Grampy spent a lot of time tending the horses, and even sleeping with them if they were sick............. much to Gran's chagrin.

Thought you might like the references there to the pub!