Early life

He came from Salford. He worked as a milk boy from the age of four. He worked as a tier-boy to a block printer for 1s 6d a week. At the age of eight he worked for Jacob Bright

Jacob Bright

Jacob Bright was a British Liberal politician.Bright was born at Green Bank near Rochdale, Lancashire. He was the fourth of eleven children of Jacob Bright and Martha Wood. His father was a Quaker and had established a cotton-spinning business at Fieldhouse...

 of Rochdale, as a half-timer, whereby he spent some time at school, and worked in cotton mills until the age of fifteen.

Dairy industry

He entered the dairy industry in 1858. He was one of the founders of the Worleston Dairy Institute, the first of its kind in the UK, at Aston juxta Mondrum

Aston juxta Mondrum

Aston juxta Mondrum is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is about four miles north of Nantwich. The civil parish also includes part of Worleston village.-History:...

 in Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

, which closed in 1926.

He later owned Rose Tree Farm and Black Greyhound Farm, with 85 acres, at Lostock Gralam

Lostock Gralam

Lostock Gralam is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, situated to the east of Northwich. The civil parish of Lostock Gralam also includes the small hamlet of Lostock Green...

, near Northwich

Northwich

Northwich is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane...

 in Cheshire.

Milk sterilisation

He started the commercial sterilisation (pasteurization

Pasteurization

Pasteurization is a process of heating a food, usually liquid, to a specific temperature for a definite length of time, and then cooling it immediately. This process slows microbial growth in food...

) of milk in the UK in 1894. It was provided by the Cheshire Sterilised Milk Company. This meant that milk could then be stored for a longer time.

Personal life

He lived at Victoria Lodge, on Lower Broughton Road, in Higher Broughton

Broughton, Greater Manchester

Broughton is an inner city area of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Irwell and A56 road, in the northeastern part of the City of Salford, north-northwest of Manchester city centre and south of Prestwich. Broughton consists of Broughton Park, Higher...

 in the County Borough of Salford

County Borough of Salford

Salford was, from 1844 to 1974, a local government district in the northwest of England, coterminate with Salford. It was granted city status in 1926.-Free Borough and Police Commissioners:...

 (near where the A576 crosses the River Irwell

River Irwell

The River Irwell is a long river which flows through the Irwell Valley in the counties of Lancashire and Greater Manchester in North West England. The river's source is at Irwell Springs on Deerplay Moor, approximately north of Bacup, in the parish of Cliviger, Lancashire...

).

He was on Salford Town Council for many years.