Ecky-Thump (pronounced ehk-ee thoooomp) is an ancient and traditional martial art originating from Lancaster, Lancashire in Northern England. Similar but superior to Kung Fu in many respects, it utilizes long, fierce-looking Black Puddings in place of more inferior Eastern weaponry. Practitioners of the martial art are easily distinguished through their ritualistic flat caps and accompanying whippets.

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Lancashire Cheese is one of Britain´s great regional foods.

It is a delicious product with a long and proud history that is hand made by 7 skilled cheese makers all situated in and around the Forest of Bowland in the heart of rural Lancashire.

Chances are, you have heard of Lancashire Cheese and may even have fond memories of it from your childhood. However, if you are like many others you haven’t tried it for sometime and couldn’t really say why it is different from other British cheeses.

The Lancashire cheese makers hope this is soon about to change and you will be convinced that Lancashire Cheese is a wonderful and delicious regional food that should be celebrated and enjoyed.


www.lancashirecheese.com

Looks more like the everglades than a pond in the corner of a field near Atherton.

Cotton town tells the story of a manufacturing process that started in isolated cottages on the wind and rain swept West Pennines and ended with derelict weaving sheds and the demolition of tall, soot blackened mill chimneys. In between was the boom time, when Cotton was King and Blackburn was the weaving capital of the world, when millionaire magnates lived in country mansions and the workers made the best of it in overcrowded, uncomfortable, unsanitary conditions.

It's a journey back in time, made possible by means of maps, manuscripts, photos, books, pamphlets and posters, many thousands of which have been copied scanned and abstracted especially for the Cottontown site. It's a journey back in time in more ways than one...



www.cottontown.org

Another picture taken on one recent walk along the old railways lines near Wigan

Some pictures taken on a recent walk on an old railway line near Wigan