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Ammon Wrigley (1861-1946) - He wrote poetry, prose, and antiquarian work
s and was highly regarded in his own day, though the fame he achieved in his life time he always shunned, preferring a quite moorland life. His works reflect a lost and almost forgotten Lancashire of small village life with all its quirks and characters. Wrigley didn't care for politics, religion, or the "progress of modern life"; walking the east Lancashire moorlands, sharing stories, and the odd pint more than sufficed. Lancashire is so often stereotypically displayed in literature as a place of dark mill towns and hard lives, but Wrigley's writings reveal a different Lancashire sadly overlooked by so many.
17 August 2009 from Stephen Miller
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Do you know the books by Paul Salveson? I think they would be great for Reading Detectives. Paul gave a talk at Grange Library last month and it was one of the most interesting author talks we have ever had. The book he spoke about was 'Lancashire's Romantic Radical' - the story of Allen Clarke who also wrote as Teddy Ashton. He sold over a million copies of his 'Tum Fowt' dialect stories, corresponded with Tolstoy and met Thomas Hardy and was an environmentalist who organised mass walks and cycle tours. Paul has also written a book about Walt Whitman and his links to Bolton. Paul's talk was so interesting that we have already planned another evening with him due to popular demand.
Hope you find this useful? Let me know what your comments were on Radio Lancashire as I haven't been able to listen to it as it seems to have gone from I-player - I'm guessing that it was probably to do with Grange being in Lancashire before 1974???
Thanks for the tip Mary. I've reserved some books by Paul Salveson and Allen Clarke, we meet again on friday so we'll have a good look at them then.
Grange being part of old Lancashire suprisingly wasn't mentioned, but the DJ did make a few little jokes about Cumbria. He seemed to take the competetive element a bit to far! Basically he did a mock Radio Cumbria travel report (with very dodgey accent), the usual sheep in the road and cobbled motorway kinda stuff. Sorry!
Have you been in contact with the Wordsworth Trust? I used to work there before i started in libraries and I think they could be a very useful contact for your team. They do a lot with contemporary poets inspired by the lakes and have a great collection of books (not just the famous Romantics either). Might be worth getting in touch.