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unusual facts about Bolton, Lancashire



1888–89 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 'Invincibles' from Lancashire also ended Villa's bid to win every single home game, with a 2–0 win at Perry Barr in Villa's last home fixture.

1905 English cricket season

Lancashire went unbeaten until July, their fifteenth game, when Surrey overcame them at Aigburth, but Yorkshire were behind on the table with three losses before their match with Yorkshire at Bramall Lane.

1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season

Staff and recovering patients from the King's Lancashire Medical Convalescent Hospital (KLMCH) and staff from the Royal Army Medical Corps Depot (RAMC), both based at Squires Gate, provided players throughout the season.

Adrian Moreing

He was married twice, first to Joan Brunton in 1916 and in 1934 he married Dorothy Haworth of Samlesbury, Lancashire.

Ahmos Zu-Bolton

While living in New Orleans he taught English, African-American Studies, and Creative Writing classes at Xavier University, Tulane University and Delgado Community College.

Alex Inglethorpe

After Ramos was sacked, Inglethorpe was due to take charge of the Tottenham team for a league match against Bolton, though this was prevented by the quick appointment of Harry Redknapp.

Alexander Cadell

Cadell's great-uncle Vernon Royle represented Lancashire, Oxford University and the Marylebone Cricket Club in first-class cricket.

Alkincoats Hall

It passed down through Parker family from father to son via Thomas, Robert (1720–1758), Thomas (1754–1819), a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) and Deputy Lieutenant {D.L.} of Lancashire, to Thomas Parker (died 1832), an Army captain, J.P. and D.L. who also bought Browsholme Hall from his cousin.

Andrew Knowles and Sons

Robert Knowles who died 1780, started pits in Eagley Bank and Sharples, north of Bolton.

Arthur Leslie

Arthur Leslie (Arthur Scottorn Broughton) 8 December 1901 – 30 June 1970 was a British actor who was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire but moved to Lancashire at an early age.

Barbodhan

The largest population of Barbodhians outside India is in Bolton, Greater Manchester, where the community settled in the 1950s and 1960s.

Bartholomew Binns

Before becoming hangman, Binns was employed as foreman platelayer at Dewsbury by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, but after he got the post he no longer worked anywhere.

Bertie Bolton

Bolton's final game for Dorset came in 1912 against Devon.

Bill Ridding

In the 1964–65 season Bolton narrowly missed out on promotion back to the top flight, finishing the season in third position.

Blanketeers

The intention was for the participants, who were mainly Lancashire weavers, to march to London and petition the Prince Regent over the desperate state of the textile industry in Lancashire, and to protest over the recent suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.

Bolton-on-Swale

Bolton Beck is a tributary of the Swale which passes underneath a small bridge at the north of the village.

Brockhall

Brockhall Village, Lancashire, England, home to the training ground of Blackburn Rovers FC

Colin Stansfield Smith

His county cricket was played for Lancashire, who capped him in 1957, but he also appeared for Cambridge University (for whom he gained his blue) among a number of other teams.

Dick Tyldesley

He also hit up 105 against Nottinghamshire at Old Trafford and remarkably was Lancashire's fourth-highest run-scorer - though with less than half the aggregates of Ernest Tyldesley, Hallows and Makepeace.

Enterprise plc

Enterprise plc is a support services company based in Farington in Lancashire, England.

Eric Rowan

But he remained dogged by controversy: in the match against Lancashire, Rowan and wicket-keeper John Waite were barracked for slow scoring, and responded by sitting down on the pitch until there was quiet.

Far right in the United Kingdom

They have never achieved representation in the House of Commons, although they have had a number of local councillors in some inner-city areas of east London, and towns in Yorkshire and Lancashire, such as Burnley and Keighley.

First Battle of Middlewich

Sir Thomas obviously conducted himself satisfactorily in the campaign culminating in the Battle of Edgehill because an order from Prince Rupert in January 1643 refers to him as a colonel of a regiment of cuirassiers, and two days later on 19 January the King announced that he was sending Aston as a Major-General to Cheshire and Lancashire.

Footsee

By late 1974, the Northern soul music and dance scene centered on the Wigan Casino club in Lancashire, England, was attracting increasing attention from mainstream media in the UK, at the same time as original American R&B recordings which met the musical criteria of its fans, and which were new to listeners, were becoming more difficult to find.

Frederick Crossfield Happold

Born the son of a butcher in Scotforth, Lancashire the family nevertheless had domestic servants (his namesake grandfather having died the same year, leaving £18,700 – £1million in 2011 prices).

Gerald Bardswell

In 1898, Bardswell played only in a couple of first-class matches for MCC against the Universities, but at the start of the 1899 season he reappeared for Lancashire, playing as captain in the first six games of the season, but standing aside when Archie MacLaren resumed his cricket career in June.

Holly Lam-Moores

Born in Burnley, Lancashire, Lam-Moores started playing handball aged 12 at Alder Grange High School in Rawtenstall after it had been introduced by coach Bill Baillie.

Illingworth St Mary's Cricket Club

Over the years many famous players have played for and at Illingworth; Tom Emmett (England), Alex Lees (Yorkshire), Gary Fellows (Yorkshire), Stuart Law (Essex, Queensland, Lancashire & Australia) and Robin Uthappa (India).

James Timberlake

In January 1882, outlaws Robert Ford, Charles Ford and Dick Liddil surrendered to Timberlake at the Fords' sister, Martha Bolton's residence in Ray County, Missouri, on the condition that they would receive full pardons and $10,000 in reward money, in exchange for the death or imprisonment of the gang's ringleader, Jesse James.

John K. Downes

Born in Platt Bridge, Lancashire, England, he was educated at St. Mark’s College in London.

John O'Gaunt

John O'Gaunt Rowing Club for the rowing club in Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Johnny Tyldesley

His younger brother Ernest Tyldesley (1889 – 1962) was also a top-class batsman for Lancashire and played in 14 Tests for England.

Jonathan Clare

Jonathan Clare's grandfather, John Clare, played Lancashire League cricket for Burnley for seven years, grandson having played sporadically in the competition since the age of fourteen, having made his debut in the competition as an opener in 2001, alongside professional representative, Dale Benkenstein.

Jone o Grinfilt

They were probably printed in the mid 19th century; the poem was also printed in John Harland's Ballads and Songs of Lancashire (three editions: 1865, 1875 and 1882).

Joseph Horrocks

Joseph Lucas Horrocks (1803-1865) was born in Anderton, Lancashire, near Bolton, on 18 November 1803, the first son of William Horrocks, a corn merchant, and Jane Smith.

Keith Chegwin

Born in Bootle, Lancashire, Chegwin's early roles were in works of the Children's Film Foundation, appearing as Egghead Wentworth in The Troublesome Double (1967) and Egghead's Robot (1970).

Ken Higgs

After two years in the Lancashire League, the Leicestershire captain, Ray Illingworth called Higgs out of first-class cricket retirement because of Graham McKenzie's expected unavailability with the 1972 Australians.

Kildalton Castle

Kildalton was sold in 1922 to John Talbot Clifton, a well-to-do landowner from Lytham, Lancashire who was passionately fond of shooting and foreign travel.

Miles Gerard

Descended perhaps from the Gerards of Ince, he was, about 1576, tutor to the children of Squire Edward Tyldesley, at Morleys Hall, near Astley, Lancashire.

Milford railway station

The station has the same name as the fictional station in the film Brief Encounter (1945) starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, although the scenes were filmed at Carnforth station in Lancashire.

Pendlebury railway station

It was located on Bolton Road (A666), opposite St. Augustine's Church and the former (appropriately named) Station Hotel pub which is nowadays the Isis Italian restaurant.

Raymond Swann

His elder son Alec has also represented Bedfordshire and played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire and Lancashire.

Ribble Valley by-election, 1991

The Ribble Valley by-election, in Lancashire, England, was called in 1991 following the elevation of United Kingdom MP David Waddington to the House of Lords.

Richard Mather

Mather was born in Lowton, in the parish of Winwick, Lancashire, England, of a family which was in reduced circumstances but entitled to bear a coat-of-arms.

Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty (1924 musical), a Broadway musical produced by Guy Bolton and P.G Wodehouse, with music by Jerome Kern

Walter Sugg

His younger brother Frank played first-class cricket for Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and England.

West Indian cricket team in England in 1933

Constantine's Lancashire League employer Nelson refused to release him for the match, but Francis, contracted to Radcliffe in the Bolton League, played.

World Horse Welfare

Horses needing attention are taken into one of charities four Recovery and Rehabilitation Centres, based in Norfolk, Somerset, Lancashire and Aberdeenshire.

Yealands

Yealand Redmayne, a village and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire


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Alan Ainscow

Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Ainscow began his career with Blackpool as an apprentice, making his debut when then-Seasiders manager, Bob Stokoe, picked him to play in the 1971 Anglo-Italian Cup.

Ephraim Longworth

Longworth, born in Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire, England, noted for his lock of hair, was comfortable in either the right or left-back berths.

Euston Road School

To this end, Bell and Coldstream spent three weeks in working-class lodgings in Bolton, Lancashire in April 1938 painting cityscapes showing local factories.

Frank Hardcastle

Hardcastle was born at Firwood Hall, Tonge, near Bolton, Lancashire (demolished 1969), and was the fourth son of James Hardcastle of Firwood and Pen-y-lan, Ruabon, Denbighshire and Hannah Compton Jackson.

Georgina Battiscombe

She was born Esther Georgina Harwood, the elder daughter of George Harwood, a former clergyman, Liberal Member of Parliament for his home town of Bolton, Lancashire, master cotton spinner, and an author and barrister.

Jack Hylton

He was born John Greenhalgh Hilton in the Great Lever area of Bolton, Lancashire, the son of George Hilton, a cotton yarn twister.

Thomas Gardner Horridge

He was the only son of John Horridge, chemist, of Tonge with Haulgh, and Margaret Barlow of Bolton, Lancashire.

Tot Walsh

Thomas "Tot" Walsh (born 12 February 1900 in Bolton, Lancashire and died 22 November 1950 in Hurst, Lancashire) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward.