On June 8th, 1904 John celebrated his 14th birthday. He left school soon afterwards and started working in his father's butcher's shop. Late in his life, he recorded:
"I remember wanting to go into the Omnibus business when I was a lad, but in my young days' children whose parents had a small one-man business had to help in that business. No doubt if I had any brothers, no doubt I should have done, but being an only son I had to follow in my father's footsteps. By doing so I pleased him and enabled him to die happy. I am positive that I have gained by doing so."
He was a shareholder of Southdown from its beginning and left a collection of timetables starting from around 1920. These were donated to the Amberley Industrial Museum and some are on display in the Southdown Garage exhibit.
June 7th 1904 was a Tuesday. The first electric tram service in Preston started its run at 7.10 am on that day.
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