large chain a grocery shops, three times Mayor of Rochdale and twice a Liberal MP. Michael Davitt (1846–1906), Irish Republican. In 2006 a revamped memorial to Davitt was unveiled by the Irish President Mary McAleese in Wilkinson Street. Robert Scott VC (1874–1961), recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second Boer War. Beryl Ingham (1901–1960), clog dancer and wife and manager of George Formby Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971), a British composer. Eugenie Cheesmond (1919–2007), psychiatrist, founded Lifeline project, a charity for drug addiction. Sir Rhodes Boyson (1925–2012), Conservative Minister, Councillor on Haslingden Borough Council, and Head Teacher of Lea Bank County Secondary Modern School in Cloughfold Chris Aspin (born 1933), journalist, historian and author on the local textile industry; Helmshore resident. Dave Pearson (1937–2008), painter and educator, studio in Haslingden Sport Choppy Warburton (1845–1897) born in Coal Hey, just off Lower Deardengate, was a record-breaking runner and a cycling coach. Many claims that he drugged riders to make them ride faster. Painted by Toulouse-Lautrec. Armour Ashe (1925–1968), footballer with 254 club caps, played for Accrington Stanley Clive Lloyd (born 1944), West Indies and Lancashire C.C.C. cricketer, also played for Haslingden See also Listed buildings in Haslingden References Rush, R.W. (1983) The East Lancashire Railway, The Oakwood Press, Wells, J. and Bentley, E.F. (2000) Bury to Heywood & Rawtenstall, Scenes from the past: 33 – East Lancashire Lines, p. 99–100, Foxline, Dunleavy, J. Davitt's Haslingden Notes Further reading Aspin, C. (1976) Gone Cricket Mad: The Haslingden Club in the Victorian Era, Helmshore Local History Society, (1987) Now & Then: Haslingden and Helmshore, Rossendale: Millgate, Towns in Lancashire Unparished areas in Lancashire Geography of the Borough of Rossendale West Pennine Moors