Maxine Peake back in Bolton to mark 125th anniversary of Winter Hill trespass
MAXINE Peake, who counts ‘hill walking, protest and the north’ as some of her ‘favourite things’ will be helping to launch events to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Winter Hill Trespass in her home town next month.
Known as the UK’s biggest ever rights of way dispute, the Bolton born actor will be among those at a public meeting — the first of whole host of events planned to mark the landmark moment in the ongoing issue of the right to roam in England
The meeting, chaired by Bolton FM’s Keith Harris, will feature a number of high profile speakers, including Prof Paul Salveson, an historian and writer for whose book Moorlands, Memories and Reflections, marking the centenary of Allen Clarke’s book Moorlands and Memories, Maxine has penned the foreword in which she wrote: “Hill walking, cycling, literature, philosophy, protest and The North…. these are a few of my favourite things.”