Professor Paul Salveson is a historian and writer and lives in Bolton. He is visiting professor in Worktown Studies at the University of Bolton and author of several books on Lancashire history Bolton is a multi-cultural town and has been for centuries, going back to the Flemish weavers who arrived in the 1300s. By far the largest wave of immigration in the 19th century came from Ireland and this was explored in a previous Looking Back feature. Those first Irish immigrants were fleeing dire poverty and starvation. They settled in Bolton and created their own institutions – cultural, religious, educational and political. By the middle of the 20th century they were very much integrated into Bolton life, but have kept their distinctive cultural identity.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Cheri Longan and Jessica Rambaran aren t just friends, they re family. The two Memorial Hermann nurses met at work. We decided to take a trip together. We ve been traveling together ever since. Just best friends, said Jessica.
It was on one of those trips that Sheri shared news about her husband, Jim. We were on a girls trip, and I was just telling them his kidney s failing. He s going to need another transplant, said Cheri.
Jim Longan has previously had two other kidney transplants. Now, nearly 23 years later, he s in need of his third transplant. They told me at that time, with my blood type, the average cadaver kidney would be about eight years, said Jim.
To the editor: A few years ago I came to understand that my biggest regrets, which always stemmed from hurting people in some way, were the result of my selfishness. I was unaware or, more often, didn’t care that getting my way inflicted pain on family, friends and strangers. Even now the shame lingers. (“‘Aren’t you going to help him?’ L.A. hospitals serving the poor and people of color hit hardest by COVID-19,” Dec. 30)
It makes me wonder how this country will process its shame in the years to come. Will the COVID-19 deniers, the maskless, the people who refused to do anything to keep others safe while hundreds of thousands of Americans died miserably will they regret their selfishness?