The Bull of Brandlesholme (another reason to avoid Lancashire) July 10, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
A transcendental experience this morning in the wood: came face to face with a cow-sized wild boar that sniffed at me and then went to chew on a neighbour’s cherries. Medium-sized or large creatures in the wild often have a magical quality: foxes and deer are a particular favourite. ‘The Lords of Life’, as Lawrence […]
Scooby Doo Crime 2#: Shag and the Bleachworks July 5, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
This is a weird little story from a nineteenth-century Lancashire history. You remember the Scooby Doo formula: kids turn up, find that their local fun park is haunted by a ghost, who keeps tripping on the white sheet, and then, finally, they unmask the janitor? Well, this is a Bury equivalent. The story dates to […]
Lancashire Kick Boxing March 20, 2011
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Modern
Old time readers of this blog will know that Beachcombing once expressed an interest in ‘purring’ or ‘clog fighting’ when in the nineteenth century the natives of Manchester, Preston and Liverpool in the north-west of Britain were alleged to settle their disputes through kicking contests. Back when […]
