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6 January 2010 from Ruth Harrison | Watch the Lancashire Reading Detectives' finale film.... Read more or Comment
Leonora Carrington (1917-present) Find!
7 October 2009 from Stephen Miller | Perhaps Lancashire's most exciting find yet! Leonora Carrington (photographed on the right with E.L.T. Mesens, Max Ernst, and Paul Élouard, 1937) was born in Westwood House in Clayton Green (just a few miles from Chorley Library); later the family moved... Read more or Comment (3 comments)
Her Benny Find!
5 October 2009 from Stephen Miller | A tale of Victorian street children with strong Christian overtones, perhaps not surprising as the author, Silas Hocking, was a Methodist minster (in Burnley for a while). The book is short but throughly entertaining and suitable for older people as well as... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
A short story by Charles Dickens Find!
28 September 2009 from Stephen Miller | A short story by Charles Dickens, George Silverman's Explanation is fairly difficult to obtain as a hard copy but is available to read from various online sources. It is based around Hoghton Tower which Dicken's visited whilst in Lancashire. Reading... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Allen Clarke on the BBC website
23 September 2009 from Stephen Miller | Just a link to the BBC website where an article about Clarke has been uploaded (you'll also find a lovely photo of the Lancashire Reading detectives team!) http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/lancashire/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8268000/8268575.stm... Read more or Comment
Bolton Radical- Allen Clarke Find!
17 September 2009 from Stephen Miller | I've just finished reading an early 20th century novel by Allen Clarke called 'John o' Gods Sending', which is a set in Bolton during the Civil War. The story plays out around the ancient pub 'The Man and Scythe'; the overall... Read more or Comment (6 comments)
More Mark Ward! Find!
14 September 2009 from Peter | This time a collaboration between Mark Ward and artist Rebecca Chesney, Ward providing the words and Chesney providing the images. The book is called 'Five Rivers' and refers to the rivers which flow into Morecambe bay. Ward's poems reflect his... Read more or Comment
Mrs G Linneaus Banks Find!
9 September 2009 from Stephen Miller | On behalf of Reading Detective, Barbara: Mrs G Linneaus Banks (1821-1897) was born at 10 Oldham Street, Manchester. In 1860 she decided she couldn't rely on her husband to support her and their children so she began to write at... Read more or Comment
Mard Ward Find!
7 September 2009 from Peter | Mark Ward is a Blackburn-born poet whose work I have only just discovered. His latest collection of poetry is called 'Thunder Alley' and is inspired by his home town. Ward has done an eclectic mix of jobs all around the... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Dickens in Preston Find!
3 September 2009 from Stephen Miller | Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Obviously not Lancashire born but it was a visit to Lancashire which inspired him to write 'Hard Times'. Set in the fictitious 'Coketown' (based heavily on Preston) it tells the story of the plight of the Victorian... Read more or Comment
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