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Book review: Citizen Sailors by Glyn Prysor
For those of us who did not live through the Second World War, our perceptions of the conflict are based primarily on school text books, the accounts of later generation historians and the fiction of a thousand films and novels.
High profile names at second festival
a GOLBORNE pub’s second annual charity festival provided a bumper line-up of local talent over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Book review: Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues by Trisha Ashley
Easing yourself into a Trisha Ashley novel is rather like slipping into a comfortable – but very sparkly – pair of shoes.
Book review: The Children’s Crusade by Elliott Hall
Like an episode of TV’s Midsomer Murders, the body count starts to rise alarmingly in the final part of Elliott Hall’s chilling and futuristic Strange Trilogy.
Folk and Brass to mark Jubilee
Westhoughton’s two musical legends will be combining for an outstanding concert to mark the Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Book review: Master and God by Lindsey Davis
Some novels impress with their research, others with their gripping storyline and others simply because they entertain.
Clubland hit singer in town
A LEADING star of the dance music scene will sing at a Leigh nightclub later this month.
Book review: Traitor by Rory Clements
In 1593, Lancashire was a hotbed of closet Catholics who would happily see the Protestant Elizabeth I toppled from her throne ... and the sleepy market town of Ormskirk, nestling between Preston and Southport, was the centre of a deadly conspiracy.
Book review: Berlitz USA Handbook by Jennifer Paull and Annika Hipple
Whether you are grown-up ‘gappers’ or first-time adventurers, don’t head off on holiday this year without your ideal travelling companion.
Book review: All Teachers Great and Small by Andy Seed
‘Dear Mr Seed, I am sorry that are Jack was not at school yesterday. He put on such a groth spurt in the night that nun of his clowthes fitted im next morning so I had to take him to shops. Mrs R.’
Book review: The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
Climb into the passenger seat, sit back and join time traveller Ian Mortimer on a journey into some of the rotten truths about the much-heralded Elizabethan age...
Book review: The Murder Wall by Mari Hannah
Ever wondered what it’s like to be part of a high-profile murder investigation team?
Book review: Second World War Infantry Tactics by Stephen Bull
‘Battles and wars are not won unless the infantry is standing on the land that once belonged to the enemy. They live under the hardest conditions and suffer the most danger. It is the pits, a place to stay out of...’
1 commentAwards night for operatic society
The Three Towns Operatic Society held their annual Awards Evening and Dinner at Leigh Cricket Club.following their successful production of ‘Die Fledermaus.’
Olympic torch treat
CHILDREN held a piece of history in their hands as an Olympic torch was brought to a local supermarket.
Book review: This Country Business by Max Hardcastle
Wit, grit and plenty of slapstick ... true Yorkshireman Max Hardcastle is back with the third instalment of his madcap memoir of life in the Dales.
Book review: Call Me Drog and other spring sparklers from Usborne Children’s Books
MOST books fall neatly into genres – fantasy, horror, mystery, history, romance – but there are others which defy such simple categorisation.
Book review: The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
JUST as all that King Midas touched turned to gold so almost every book that Nicholas Sparks writes seems destined for the big screen.
Book review: Chorley Borough Through Time by Jack Smith
PROGRESS has not always been kind to Chorley, a Lancashire market town since medieval times and once part of a royal forest that stretched from Bowland in the north to Bolton in the south.
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Monday 21 May 2012
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