Lancashire Characters and Places
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)
Genre(s): Essays & Short Works, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | 01 - John Critchley Prince | Phil Benson |
00:29:19 |
| Play 02 | 02 - The last of the ale-tasters | Phil Benson |
00:16:22 |
| Play 03 | 03 - Edwin Waugh | Phil Benson |
00:21:29 |
| Play 04 | 04 - The Gull Moss | Phil Benson |
00:11:53 |
| Play 05 | 05 - Lancashire factory doffers | Phil Benson |
00:11:15 |
| Play 06 | 06 - James Leach the Lancashire composer | Phil Benson |
00:24:47 |
| Play 07 | 07 - Rossendale past and present | Phil Benson |
00:31:43 |
| Play 08 | 08 - The Lakes of Dean | Phil Benson |
00:09:53 |
| Play 09 | 09 - Afield with the geologists | Phil Benson |
00:16:26 |
| Play 10 | 10 - Old John's Sunday dinner | Phil Benson |
00:16:31 |
| Play 11 | 11 - An ambrosial noon | Phil Benson |
00:19:54 |
| Play 12 | 12 - The Irwell | Phil Benson |
00:14:28 |
| Play 13 | 13 - Rough Lee | Phil Benson |
00:06:30 |
| Play 14 | 14 - Some Lancashire characters and incidents | Phil Benson |
00:29:52 |