Margaret Husband

[bacuptimes]

I keep comming across Margaret Husbands names whilst reading the old Bacup Echo's. Does anyone else remember her?. She was the housing manager and I have a memory of her riding round Rosendale Crescent on her horse and my mothers coments about her not being too kind hehe :)

[JanMc]

I remember her too!
Wasn't she the Housing Officer for the Valley? Very formidable woman from what I can recall.
Spoke as she found.

[Kath]

I can remember her name was on the rent book when I was a child...

[carole5001]

yes i remember her my mum use to worry when she had to deal with her she use to call her Miss husband, we had a fire once and she had to come to see us my mum was worried sick she was a very strict lady.

[napoleon]

Yes I remember her. My mum had a run in or two with her. Always wore tweed suits and skirts and sensible flat shoes. Not sure if she is still about, used to see her out and about in a little red car. (that would probably be long after the days of her horse.) I used to work at the town hall when she was there and she ran a very strict regime.

[wadey]

Miss Husband is still alive and I sometimes see her walking her dog, she was the Housing Manager when the Council ran the housing stock before the Housing Associations took over

[vicbfc]

Was she fair but firm ? :)

[Elcie]

I imagine she would have been fair but firm. I never met her when she was working but I remember she still rode after her retirement. Wasn't she rescued from a house fire not that long ago at the top of Fearns Moss, Booth Road?

[shirley]

she was housing officer when i lived in bacup too

[Judith]

I remember 'Miss Husband' well. I worked at Bacup town Hall Treasurers Dept. for a while during 1959. I always found her to be a pleasant lady and we shared an interest in horses. She would have to be strict and 'matter of fact' with her many clients - (and no doubt there were many who didn't like her for that) but she had a hard job to do:thumbs:

[Elcie]

I spotted her last week, not walking too well but still out and about in her car. She was wearing a beret as I think she has done for many years.

[Jan]

My mum keeps going on about,'Mrs Husband' getting mum and dad their first council house on Fairveiw Rd when they was just built.
I'm presuming its the same one.

[Elcie]

I suppose it must be, although she was/is Miss Husband. (Don't suppose it was her mother who held the post before her).

[Jan]

I suppose it must be, although she was/is Miss Husband. (Don't suppose it was her mother who held the post before her).

yep sorry I forgot she was a Miss

[bacuptimes]

I spotted her last week, not walking too well but still out and about in her car. She was wearing a beret as I think she has done for many years.


She does wear a beret yes and always seems to have a rough haired dog with her possibly a jack russel. She must be in her eighties now.