Article appeared in Rochdale Times dated 7th February 1912
Immersed in the Lake at Hollingworth
Frosts sudden end
The spell of keen frost which brought joy to the heart of the skater and discomfort to most other people, came to a very sudden end on Monday evening. Skaters enjoyed themselves to their hearts' content over the weekend. Vendors of skates did a roaring trade, those in Rochdale being practically sold out by Monday evening. Hollingworth was the Mecca of hundreds of skaters but consternation was caused on Sunday evening when a young man fell through the ice. Whilst skating at the end of the lake in front of the Fisherman's Inn, the son of a local butcher, Mr Stansfield of Smithybridge, he plumped through a small hole in the ice, he managed to pull himself up by using his arms and was rescued by some fellow skaters. Afterwards the hole was boarded round to prevent a repitition of the accident.
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