▁Church , ▁Lanc ash ire , ▁working ▁as ▁an ▁office ▁boy ▁in ▁a ▁cot ton ▁mill . ▁By ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁he ▁was ▁still ▁working ▁in ▁the ▁ ▁mill ▁but ▁was ▁a ▁designer ▁of ▁cot ton ▁prints , ▁probably ▁for ▁F . ▁Ste iner ▁& ▁Company . ▁Pattern ▁books ▁from ▁Ste iner ▁in ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁the ▁Victoria ▁and ▁Albert ▁Museum ▁indicate ▁the ▁sort ▁of ▁designs ▁that ▁he ▁created . ▁Wor r all ▁later ▁moved ▁to ▁Ch esh ire , ▁still ▁design ing ▁fabric ▁prints . ▁The ▁England ▁and ▁Wales ▁Register ▁for ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁shows ▁that ▁during ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War , ▁Wor r all ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Mun itions , ▁but ▁nothing ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁there ▁is ▁known . ▁Information ▁about ▁his ▁life ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁is ▁similarly ▁lack ing , ▁but ▁by ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁he ▁was ▁teaching ▁pot tery ▁at ▁the ▁Chal ice ▁Well ▁C raft s ▁Gu ild ▁in ▁G last on bury , ▁Som erset , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁by ▁Alice ▁Buck ton . ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁was ▁the ▁chief ▁craft s man ▁there . ▁Wor r all ▁was ▁living ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁nearby ▁newly - built ▁house , ▁' St one ▁Down ', ▁along ▁with ▁historical ▁writer , ▁Thomas ▁N . ▁Wild ▁and ▁his ▁wife . ▁▁▁ ▁Wor r all ' s ▁years ▁in ▁G last on bury ▁were ▁product