[Busman747]

[QUOTE=WillowTheWhisp]This was written when Sultan Street was cobbled and the Coppice was bald.

Muck'n'Mills
A young lad came t’our fair town in th’eart o’t’ Lancashire hills.

In a disillusioned tone ’e sighed “It’s nobbut muck’n’mills!”

Well it may be a bit of a mucky place but there’s green parts ’ere an’ ther

An’ most o’t’mills’ve bin pulled down tho nobody seems t’cer.


This is so reminiscent of the way I felt when I first came here. My first thought was of a town that was run down and dilapidated..........but now I see beauty all around me, countryside and wildlife abound, even the cobbled streets hold a magic that is undefinable.............. Love the place!!