The town of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, has been making some pretty creepy headlines lately. Just recently it was reported that the apparition of a boy wearing Victorian clothing was caught on camera when a man was snapping pictures while walking through an alleyway that runs under Victoria Hall.
And now another picture has surfaced revealing what appeared to be a ghostly figure at Bolton’s Smithills Hall. As a matter of fact, it was the recent news report of the ghostly boy wearing Victorian clothing that prompted a woman named Carole Ogden to look through her old photos from when she was on a historic tour of the town back in 2017.
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 favourit
Thousands headed up Winter Hill in the fight for countryside rightsThe memorial stone on Coalpit Road EVENTS to commemorate the UK s biggest ever rights of way dispute which took place right here in Bolton get underway next month. In September 1896, thousands of Boltonians marched up to Halliwell Road and on to Coalpit Lane to protest the closure of the moors for the grouse season by Colonel Ainsworth of Smithills Hall. To mark the 125th anniversary of the event known as the Winter Hill Trespass a whole host of events are planned, starting with a public meeting featuring high profile speakers.