Age: 6
Sex: male
Date: 1 Aug 1953
Place: Leeds-Liverpool Canal, Cockshott Bridge, Barnoldswick
Peter Lomax was found in the Leeds-Liverpool Canal near Cockshott Bridge in Barnoldswick on the morning of Saturday 1 August 1953.
He had lived in Vicarage Road in Barnoldswick and had been missing from his home since Thursday 29 June 1953 after wandering away from his father.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Nelson Leader - Friday 07 August 1953
see Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 01 August 1953
see Burnley Express - Wednesday 05 August 1953
see Unsolved 1953