The watchmaker Thomas Wilding, born in Bolton in 1862, lived with his mother Esther a provision dealer, at 4 Dawson Lane, Little Bolton in 1891.
In 1881 he was listed as a jobbing Watchmaker, and Thomas’ father James, a cab driver, had died by 1891.
Thomas was still at Dawson Lane working from home, and by 1911 he was listed as a provision dealer,
There are no known examples of his work