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William Pickup's widow, Nancy, married James Shaw in 1875 and she and her son, George, went to live with James in Liverpool. James Shaw was a Superintendent for the London and North Western Railway. James Shaw was based at Accrington railway station in the 1850s and 60s. He was an uncle to...

I left a box of 20 books with the WH Smith branch manager at the beginning of July. When I checked a couple of weeks ago the box was still behind the counter where she had put it! When I pointed this out to one of the assistants she said "Oh, we were wondering what they were." Anyway, she put...

"Edwardian Accrington Observed" has been re-printed and is once again available at WH Smith's in Accrington. An index of names and places has been added to the 2nd impression. I believe there may still be one or two copies of the first impression still available at the book stall in Ossy Mills.

Pinky Row was behind Whalley Rd, Altham West, opposite the old Nori Brick works.

I think today will be the last free download day. It was a 5 day promotion. Otherwise it will be the vast sum of £2.58p for a Kindle download. Unfortunately some of the fancier typography in the book (e.g. the drop caps at the beginning of each week's entry) did not come over as intended in the...

Thanks for the feedback. I did all the proofreading myself (which is probably not the best way to do it) and have spotted a few errors since publication. I believe we have already corresponded by email. If you will email me any corrections, I will correct the original document for any future...

Now also on sale from the Town Hall, Accrington.

I have supplied 2 copies to Accrington Library.

At the moment it is available either directly from me (including my Ebay entry) or WH Smith. I have agreed to supply The Lancashire Book stall in Ossy Mills and am awaiting his order. The Library and Accrington Town Hall are not outlets at the time of writing.

The book is now available in the Accrington Branch of WH Smith. If anyone would like to receive a pdf with a sample of some of the actual content and photographs, I would be happy to oblige. Just email me on [email protected]

My great, great grandmother was Mary Bury (b1804 in Church) a younger brother of John Bury (b 1797). I have a fair amount of info on the Bury family.