Crowds gather to the unveiling of the status of "Th' Owd Gam Cock' in Limbrick, Blackburn, in July 1912, also known as William Henry Hornby.

He was the town's first mayor in 1851 and its MP for 12 years until 1869.

The money for the £3,000 statue was left in 1907 in the will of Hornby's grateful employee, John Margerison, who worked for more than 50 years at Brookhouse Mills - Blackburn's first spinning mill, which Hornby's father had co-founded after moving to the town in 1779.

The status was unveiled by the baronet, Sir Harry Hornby, William Henry's son and MP for Blackburn for almost 24 years until 1910.

A crowd of several thousands watched the ceremony.

Wiliam's other son, Albert, was the England cricket captain who lost the Test match which gave rise to the Ashes at home against the Australians in 1882.