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Towneley Hall: Restoration work 'progressing on schedule' with historic building set to temporarily close burnleyexpress.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from burnleyexpress.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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. Boltonians of a certain age will remember fondly the ‘day trip’ to Blackpool, by train. It has a history stretching back to the middle of the 19th century and was known for generations as ‘th’ chep (cheap) trip’. Allen Clarke, in his novels, poetry and dialect sketches wrote lovingly and realistically about it - an important part of life in Bolton and all of the Lancashire cotton towns. ....
Remembering the 'chep' ride from Bolton to Blackpool theboltonnews.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theboltonnews.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.