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Great idea!Farouk and I highjacked another thread and have been sharing posts so we thought it would be best if we started a separate thread.
Yes Bolton is in Lancashire. Although for administrative purposes we come under Greater Manchester. My husband was born here and I moved here when we married.Great idea!
So didn't you say you were from the north of England?
Wars of the Roses country, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and so forth...still driven by the Middle Ages in some ways...
I think historically Manchester was part of Lancashire, even if not now under Lancashire County Council.Yes Bolton is in Lancashire. Although for administrative purposes we come under Greater Manchester. My husband was born here and I moved here when we married.
Yes it was. Bolton people still consider themselves to be in Lancashire, which we are geographically but for admin purposes we come under Greater Manchester. You are very well informed farouk.I think historically Manchester was part of Lancashire, even if not now under Lancashire County Council.
I haven't been there for many years.
I've been in the area but not for many years. I attended an event at UMIST many years ago.Yes it was. Bolton people still consider themselves to be in Lancashire, which we are geographically but for admin purposes we come under Greater Manchester. You are very well informed farouk.
It looks priceless; over here it would be regarded as such, anyway.
Oh wow, brilliant. We have a university in Bolton and people come from all over the world to study here. We had a couple from Nepal who joined our church when Khim came over with his family to do his masters degree in business studies. And we had Vera from Nigeria and years ago Michael. It is lovely to meet Christians from other cultures.I've been in the area but not for many years. I attended an event at UMIST many years ago.
It is a well loved place but I've forgotten its history.It looks priceless; over here it would be regarded as such, anyway.
Sometimes channels of communication can be developed via foreign students which can last a lifetime.Oh wow, brilliant. We have a university in Bolton and people come from all over the world to study here. We had a couple from Nepal who joined our church when Khim came over with his family to do his masters degree in business studies. And we had Vera from Nigeria and years ago Michael. It is lovely to meet Christians from other cultures.
It's good for young ppl to learn how things ppl now take for granted came about by a long process of technological development. Lancashire in particular was at the heart of the industrial revolution.A model of Crompton's Spinning Mule.
You can't get away from history in the UK but then every country has its own history. Also here in Bolton we have one of the oldest pubs in the country. It's called the Man and Scythe. A fitting name as it is where the Earl of Derby was kept prisoner before his execution by Oliver Cromwell's army.@Pearl : Someone has said that the UK is from a North American perspective like a vast, open air museum. There is such a lot of absorbing historical sites...
Charming...You can't get away from history in the UK but then every country has its own history. Also here in Bolton we have one of the oldest pubs in the country. It's called the Man and Scythe. A fitting name as it is where the Earl of Derby was kept prisoner before his execution by Oliver Cromwell's army.
It is not a very 'charming' pub. The regulars call it the Cider House and it gets quite a rough clientele. I've only been in a few times.Charming...
I was referring ironically I guess to Cromwell's 'charming' men executing the Earl of Darby...It is not a very 'charming' pub. The regulars call it the Cider House and it gets quite a rough clientele. I've only been in a few times.
@Pearl : Someone has said that the UK is from a North American perspective like a vast, open air museum. There is such a lot of absorbing historical sites...