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The Society would welcome further exploration into this potential "dark side" of the history of Hoole and Boughton.
There is another peculiar connection between Liverpool cotton and Hoole. When the first successful Transatlantic Cable was established (1866 - with the assistance of Thomas Brassey), Liverpool cotton broker John Rew saw the possibilities inherent in the idea of the simultaneous deal. By using the cable, he could get quotations from the Cotton Belt in the USA and buy the cotton at almost a moment's notice. He could then "hedge his bet" by a complex set of contracts - effectively inventing the "hedge fund" - although the practice
The cable which enabled John Rew to do this was in part funded and greatly supported by Charles W. H. Pickering (1815-1881). He was the husband of Elizabeth Walker (1818-1895), who was the daughter of Thomas Walker (1782-1857) of [[Flookersbrook]] and his wife Katherine Lightfoot (1784-1840). Pickering was present when the first official Transatlantic Telegraph message was transmitted - on the first (unsuccessful) cable. It was to be the message from Queen Victoria to the US president but Charles Pickering made a change and just before the Queen's message on August 5, 1858. The story of Pickering's message is reported by his son (in his memoirs) who wrote:
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* '''"The message from Queen Victoria to the president was handed to the telegraph operator, a Mr. St. John .. The telegraph operator told me later that my father put his hand on Mr. St. John’s shoulder and told him to stop. My father told him there was a message to be sent before the queen’s telegram."'''
Pickering sent: "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will towards men" - which is still recorded as the first official cable across the Altantic. That cable lasted for three weeks before it failed. The second cable was laid by the converted Great Eastern in 1865. The names of [[Walker Street]], [[Lightfoot Street]], Pickering Street (and even Thomas Brassey Close) reflect these people and while there is a [[Hamilton Street]], nothing in Hoole is named after Titherington.
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