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Originally Posted by MargaretR
I suppose when you publish a book there is no guarantee that what the author wrote is accurate, and you are not required to check that it is.
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The book was written from recordings made by Benita Moore when she talked to old folks from the Hyndburn area.
It is an attempt to record and preserve people's recollections through oral history. The accuracy of the recollections depends on the person telling their tale.
It contains details of the local dialect, folk songs, crafts, trades and industries, descriptions of all areas of local lives and physical descriptions of places as they were in the early part of the Twentieth century, some of which no longer exist.
There are also some great photos -one of James St. Working men's Club in Ossie which was apparently known as the "Tin Hut"