Lancashire Characters and Places


Lu par Phil Benson

(4.7 stars; 3 reviews)

An eclectic collection of essays on late 19th-century Lancashire culture and life, including essays on the poets John Critchley Prince and Edwin Waugh. Thomas Newbigging was born in Glasgow and died in Knutsford, Chesshire, living in between in Rossendale, Pernambuco, and Manchester. A gas manager by profession and writer-historian by inclination, his two major works were the Handbook for Gas Engineers and Managers (1889) and the History of the Forest of Rossendale (1893). (Summary by Phil Benson) (4 hr 20 min)

Chapitres

01 - John Critchley Prince 29:19 Lu par Phil Benson
02 - The last of the ale-tasters 16:22 Lu par Phil Benson
03 - Edwin Waugh 21:29 Lu par Phil Benson
04 - The Gull Moss 11:53 Lu par Phil Benson
05 - Lancashire factory doffers 11:15 Lu par Phil Benson
06 - James Leach the Lancashire composer 24:47 Lu par Phil Benson
07 - Rossendale past and present 31:43 Lu par Phil Benson
08 - The Lakes of Dean 9:53 Lu par Phil Benson
09 - Afield with the geologists 16:26 Lu par Phil Benson
10 - Old John's Sunday dinner 16:31 Lu par Phil Benson
11 - An ambrosial noon 19:54 Lu par Phil Benson
12 - The Irwell 14:28 Lu par Phil Benson
13 - Rough Lee 6:30 Lu par Phil Benson
14 - Some Lancashire characters and incidents 29:52 Lu par Phil Benson

Critiques

good reading for lovers of English history. reader is tops


(4 stars)