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Like Jon Savage's England's Dreaming, this is the last word on the abiding centre of 40 years of UK pop culture
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This book presents a collection of thirty short circular walks based on good local pubs. It includes routes near Chorley, Blackburn, Preston, Blackpool, Clitheroe, Garstang and Lancaster. It also provides maps and photographs.
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The historic buildings in the old county of Lancashire can be enjoyed on so many levels. For some people it is the architecture or art; for others it is the chance to see and feel how the other half lived.
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This is a moving story of how a legendary football team was lost to tragedy - and how this disaster irrevocably altered the lives of everyone involved
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An informative history of Lancashire that makes perfect gift for an amateur historian.
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An area of extreme contrasts, from the close-packed but proudly independent textile towns north of Manchester to the romantic scenery of the southern Lake District, and from high Pennine moors to the sandy beaches of Bloackpool and the Fylde Coast
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An entertaining book featuring a cast of colourful Lancashire characters, from an unfrocked vicar to William's indomitable grandmother, Bridget, and all against the strongly rendered social backdrop of the 1920s and 1930s.
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This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.
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A Detailed Coloured Victorian Map of Lancashire & Yorkshire from 1897.
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Country Living Guide to Rural England : The North West - Including Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumbria and the Lake District
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A collection of approximately 150 detailed period photographs from the Francis Frith archive with extended captions and full introduction.
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Bomber airfields of WWII dominated Northern England, with the Vale of York at its operational centre, but the area was also home to much aircraft manufacture, and the western side of the region trained thousands of aircrew in relative safety. Today it is almost all gone.
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Heavily illustrated, "A History of Martin Mere provides a comprehensive look at one of the most striking areas of natural beauty in all the British Isles. It will be an essential resource for tourists, naturalists, and historians alike.
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A guide to the Scenic Railways in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.
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Explore the beauty of Lancashire and Cheshire with this slim-line pocket-sized walking guide with a range of walks to suit the casual walker and the hiker (between two and ten miles in length).
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From 1909 onwards, Lancashire, in the northwest of England, saw some of the earliest pioneering fights in the UK and the industrial nature of the region made it an ideal area for the manufacture of aircraft and war materials for WWI.
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With the great cities of England alive to the sound of music halls, the locals of Hedderby are soon looking forward to their own place of celebration and merriment. Yet not everyone in the town shares this excitement, and some will stop at nothing in the pursuit of selfish gain.
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Lancashire has languished under the grimy pall of smoke and muck and mills and mines, enveloped in outdated condescensions, smothered by the easy dismissals that put down the north of England as just 'up there' and 'grim'. But Lancashire is not up there.
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An illustrated story of the ordinary men and women of Lancashire during the Second World War and their valuable contribution to the war effort: from their work in the factories, making weapons and uniforms, to 'digging for victory' and coping with the day to day deprivations of war.
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17-year-old Liza is happy working as a lady's maid, until her employers decide to emigrate and her father decides that she is to marry an older widower whom she detests. Determined to avoid a loveless marriage, Liza plans to run away to Australia with her employer's family
£6.99