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Thought Bob might have snaffled that tripe by now, or does the vinegar put him off?

(Derek - Bob is Dave's dog, in case you were wondering!)

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Derek, just had a shufty at the extracts from your tome on Amazon. Definitely, my sort of humour, so I shall be purchasing a copy forthwith! :D

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More power to you.

I think it's a great campaign.

I know publishers with massive marketing departments, staffed by supposedly the best in their field, who'd kill for the coverage you've got, at probably a fraction of their budget.

I hope it's a great success.

You deserve it, for all your efforts.

:)

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Oh good, that's one like (you) and one not (me), glad to be cancelled out! Definitely not my type of humour - but I do applaud the marketing efforts.

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I know another nutter, besides Wynonie.

So just this minute have bought a copy, as a Christmas present for them.

:D

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You are very kind and thank you. The budget is actually £0. (And you haven't seen anything yet!)

Wait until you see my next book, The Lost Films of 20th Century Spatchcock, which is due out in November. I particularly enjoyed Alfred Spatchcock's Dirty Rawtenstall Scoundrels and his Wizard of Oswaldtwistle.

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I hope you enjoy it. I think it's a profound new addition to the cannon of local history of Lancashire. I just wish people would take it more seriously.

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Doesn't live in Bacup by any chance?

Bacup Lancashire

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Expect an honest review...about speed of delivery, packaging etc.

As I'm a fairly speedy reader, I might even have a quick shufty whilst I'm wrapping it, and review what's in it.

:D

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It is definitely a Christmas present type book. A friend told me she was buying one for a mate of hers who hated local history books, just so she could see his face when he opened it. I wish I knew what she meant.

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Honesty is the best policy. Unless you're trying to sell tripe, in which case you have to bleach it and dress it, otherwise most folk would turn their noses up at it!

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I've only been to Bacup once.

I felt a little uneasy.

I think it was brought on by being relatively close to both Mad-chester, and Yorkshireville at the same time.

I left before the cast of The League of Gentlemen started dancing down the streets, clutching their hairy nuts.

:golly:

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Surely, you mean the canon of local history, unless you're planning to use the book as a lethal weapon? You should've asked me to proof it! ;) :D

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If I'm asked to dress tripe it will be in haute couture, with beautifully tiny pin-truck detailing.

;)

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As folk may already know, the county boundary has fluctuated throughout history, particularly and most dramatically during the Wars of the Roses when the residents of Leeds or Manchester could find themselves living in Yorkshire one week and Lancashire the next. This has continued down the years due to local government re-organisation. In 1891, the border town of Todmorden had to be moved 50 yards east whilst Barnoldswick moved in the opposite direction as part of the same arrangement. The residents of Barnoldswick refused to budge and existed as an enclave of Yorkshire inside Lancashire until they were forced to surrender after just two weeks when they were cut off by the Lancashire Electricity Board.

More recently, in 1962, Saddleworth became part of Lancashire but the cost of moving the small Pennine villages of Diggle and Dobcross brick by brick and the inconvenience caused was such that subsequent changes have involved moving the boundary rather than the buildings themselves.

The boundary with Cheshire is less controversial and has remained more or less the same for more than 1,000 years. Historically, it marks the line beyond which lived the Poshae, a tribe whose men drove expensive four wheeled chariots. Their women dyed their hair blonde and their bodies orange and wore garments made of fur but no undergarments. Today the boundary separates those who earn less than the national average wage from those who earn at least double. The population of Cheshire has been swelled by the southward migration of wealthy Lancastrians in search of cleaner air and cheaper salt.

Lancashire’s boundary fluctuations can be traced in maps, the most notorious of which is the so-called Filthie Mappe, purportedly drawn up in 1610 by the dyslexic cartographer ,John Seed.

The map caused such offence that Seed was hung, drawn and quartered. It was only later discovered that the map had been drawn up by a trainee on a work experience programme whilst Seed was signed off work with the plague.