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Author Archives: LancashireFolk
That’s Lancashire TV…
As it’s Hallowe’en season, my local TV station, That’s Lancashire TV, asked me to their studio for an interview. I imagined this would be a short piece, talking about my book and the fact that I was going to be … Continue reading
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How to Buy the Book!
Amazon.co.uk, who ‘lost’ my book recently, now have it available again. You can also order from Book Depository very easily. However, you can order directly from the distributor, Gazelle Books, and the link below will take you directly to the … Continue reading
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Radcliffe Tower and the sad tale of Fair Ellen
Radcliffe Tower stands on Church Street in Radcliffe, Manchester. This manor house was built in 1403 and it once had two towers and a moat but most of it was demolished in the 19th century. The remaining tower is now, … Continue reading
St Peter’s Church Burnley – and Ghostly Pigs
If legend is to be believed, St Peter’s Church should have been built on the spot where the Godly Lane Cross now stands and where religious rites were habitually celebrated. However, night after night the stones set out to build … Continue reading
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A Ghostly Piano at Blackburn Telephone Exchange
Blackburn Telephone Exchange is a relatively modern building but it has long been regarded as haunted; strange noises have disturbed night-shift workers and the sounds of piano-playing and heavy footfalls have been heard. Piano-playing? How could this possibly be? The … Continue reading
The Skull at the Pack Horse Pub, Affetside
Strictly speaking, the Pack Horse in Affetside is in Greater Manchester now, but historically this whole area used to be part of Lancashire… Built in 1443, this old pub is proud of the skull displayed above the bar. The skull … Continue reading
The Clegg Hall Boggart
It is lovely to report that this wonderful Hall on Clegg Hall Road, which at one point was very close to dilapidation, has been lovingly restored and is once again a glorious building. The photo above shows it very close … Continue reading
‘Red Clogs’ a Coalminer’s Ghost
Recently, whilst researching for Manchester Folk, I came across an intriguing mention of a ghost known as Red Clogs. No detail was given but with a little research, I discovered that he wasn’t called that because he wore red clogs … Continue reading
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Mysterious Falls From the Sky…
In Accrington, in 1984, over three hundred apples rained from the sky into a garden in East Crescent. The couple who lived there were woken by a horrendous noise – a noise so loud and protracted they thought it must … Continue reading
Up on the moor near Bacup, there is a pile of loose boulders in an area known as Hell Clough and, as you’d expect, there’s a legend featuring the Devil which explains how this came to be. Somewhere near this … Continue reading