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Haslingden and Helmshore Through Time

Haslingden and Helmshore Through Time

by John Simpson and Chris Aspin
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/07/2010

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Haslingden's motto, 'Nothing without labour', is clearly demonstrated in this selection of old and new photographs of the high Pennine town and Helmshore, its picturesque village neighbour in the valley below. Both places were among the sturdy offspring of the Industrial Revolution, which transformed a thinly-populated corner of Lancashire into a thriving manufacturing district, famous for its woollen and cotton goods. This book records the coming and going of the mills, which once dominated the skyline; the switch from railway to motorway; and the changes of the last half century, which have made both Haslingden and Helmshore popular residential areas for people working in Manchester and other large towns. The municipal and spiritual life of the district along with sports and pastimes also feature.
ISBN:
9781848686564
9781848686564
Category:
Places in old photographs
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-07-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Amberley Publishing
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
96
Dimensions (mm):
234x165x9mm
Weight:
0.31kg
John Simpson

John Simpson has been the BBC's World Affairs Editor for more than half his fifty-two year career. In his time with the BBC, he has reported on major events all over the world, and was made a CBE in the Gulf War honours list in 1991. He has twice been the Royal Television Society's Journalist of the Year, and has won three BAFTAs, a News and Current Affairs award and an Emmy. He lives in Oxford.

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