The Northern Salvo
Incorporating Weekly Notices, Sectional Appendices, and Northern Weekly Salvo
Published at Station House, Kents Bank, Lancashire-North-of-the-Sands, LA11 7BB
email: paul.salveson@myphone.coop
Publications website: www.lancashireloominary.co.uk
No. 326 April 2025
Salveson’s half-nakedly political digest of railways, tripe and secessionist nonsense from Up North, luxuriating in the tepid bath of managed decline into old age
Busy time all round
There’s been a very long gap since the last Salvo, though there’s been no shortage of things to comment on. I’ve had a lot on with various historical projects, particularly Rocket All Aboard, celebrating the Liverpool and Manchester’s 200th anniversary in 2030, and our own Bolton and Leigh 200 two years
earlier. See below for the great event we held on March 31 to mark the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Bolton and Leigh act. Kents Bank Station Library continues to grow. We’re installing some new shelves which will give us more space to expand, though the really big news is publication of Northern Rail Heritage – see below.
It was great to be at the national Community Rail Awards in Newcastle recently, and to give a surprise award to Hazel, who has been involved in the awards since their inception, twenty years ago.
I’m resisting the temptation to comment on current politics, could I say anything that hasn’t been said before? I do venture into the issue of regionalism – see below. Maybe its’ time will come, but not so sure. So a very rail-heavy issue, but hopefully not too nerdish.
Northern Rail Heritage 1825 – 2025
What better year to celebrate the North’s railway history than 2025? Kents Bank Station Library has ventured into the publishing world with this short book on the social history of railways in the North. It’s a readable introduction to the exciting history of railways – from the early days of the Stockton and 
Darlington through to the railways of today – with a glimpse to the future. It’ss written by Paul Salveson and includes a foreword by Railways Minister Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill. The book design is by Peter Skellon, who also wrote and designed the excellent ‘locomotive biography’ of LMS Jubilee ‘Bahamas’. So it looks good.
Lord Hendy, in his Foreword, says: “the railway changed the face of the North and the lives of everyone who has lived there; and despite gloomy predictions, it has survived (and helped win) two world wars, the growth of motoring, recessions, Beeching and more recently Covid.“
He added “It’s wonderful that trains still run over the tracks of the original Stockton and Darlington Railway (1825) and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)….. the railway is very much a part of the living heritage of the North. The train operations of today are part of a fine tradition, which included the great companies that formed the London Midland and Scottish and London and North Eastern Railways and went on to become British Railways.”
The book has been sponsored by train operator CrossCountry. Paul Salveson said “This is part of our contribution to the celebrations of Railway 200 this year. We’re incredibly grateful to CrossCountry for the generous support they have given us; without them we would not have been able to publish the book at what is a very affordable price.”
Publication date is April 14th. There will be a launch event at Daisy Roots Books, Grange-over-Sands on Saturday May 10th, between 10.30 and 12.00 and a special event at Manchester Piccadilly.
THE BOOK: Northern Rail Heritage: an introduction to the social history of railways in the North of England is available price £5 from Kents Bank Station Library, cheques for £8 (including post and packing) to Kents Bank Library, c/o Station House, Kentsford Road, Grange-over-Sands LA11 7BB. ISBN 978-1-0683741-0-4
Bolton and Leigh Celebrate their own Railway 200
Over 60 guests attended a mayoral reception in Bolton Town Hall today (March 31st) to mark the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Act of Parliament to construct the Bolton and Leigh Railway. The mayors of Bolton and also Wigan (which today includes Leigh) attended the event and cut a ceremonial cake, provided by Park Cakes of Bolton.
Mayor of Bolton Cllr Andrew Morgan said: “2025 is the bi-centenary of the railways and there are celebrations underway across the country, under the banner of RAILWAY 200. Here in Bolton we are holding our own unique bi-centenary event – BOLTON & LEIGH RAILWAY 200. The Bolton & Leigh Railway was the first railway in the north-west to receive an Act of Parliament – on the 31st. of March 1825…….so we’ve plenty to celebrate!”
He continued “This railway opened on the 1st. of August in 1828 and predated the Liverpool and Manchester Railway by over two years. It started running passenger trains three years before the Stockton and Darlington. .. Its origins lay in the need to transport coal from the Hulton Collieries to both 
Liverpool and Manchester, via a railway linked to the two canals at either end of the line. ….Today’s reception is the beginning of a series of events that will mark the 200th anniversary of the opening of the historic Bolton and Leigh Railway, on August 1st 1828. Let us look forward to this anniversary being a catalyst to promote our town’s important historical heritage, through events which bring us all together to celebrate a very special achievement – the first public railway in the North-West.”
Professor Paul Salveson, vice-chair of Bolton & Leigh 200 and chair of the Rocket All Aboard Partnership, said:
“The opening of the Bolton and Leigh in 1828 sits between the Stockton and Darlington Railway of 1825, which we’re celebrating this year, and the Liverpool and Manchester of 1830. What all three railways have in common is the figure of George Stephenson – and his son Robert. George engineered the lines and Robert built the locomotives. The first loco to be used on the Bolton line was ‘Lancashire Witch’ built by Robert Stephenson at his Newcastle factory.”
Derek Bullock, chair of Bolton and Leigh 200, said: “I’m delighted that we were able to hold such an important and prestigious bi-centenary event for the Bolton & Leigh Railway this morning in the Mayor’s Parlour at Bolton Town Hall , with over 60 guests from across the North of England enjoying the speeches and especially the amazing ceremonial cake that Park Cakes had supplied! Special thanks go to the Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton and the Mayor of Wigan and our special guest Julia Hulton who is a direct descendant of the Georgian era Hultons who created the railway! A very big thanks must also go to South-East Lancashire Community Rail Partnership who helped fund today’s event, as well as students at the University of Bolton for ther great artwork.”
After the reception some members of the group had a tour of remining features of the line, including the Chequerbent Crossing House and site of Daubhill station. The tour was followed by fish and chips in The Olympus.
The next stage of the 200 celebrations will be a community gala at The Oliver Tree Primary School on Saturday June 28th. The school is located on the site of the original 1828 Daubhill station, at the top of the rope-hauled incline from Bolton. The school will be hosting a ‘Day for Daubhill’ in partnership with Bolton and Leigh Railway 200. See link for an article fIrst published in The Bolton News, with more historical information. https://stationlibrary.org.uk/occasional-papers/
Great British Railways – consultation open
The Government launched its consultation on its rail strategy at the end of February. The Rail Reform Group is responding, with a special emphasis on the proposals for devolution. This will be covered in the next Salvo and the full response will be on the Rail Reform Group website. The consultation ends on April 15th, so be quick if you’re responding!
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/a-railway-fit-for-britains-future
The Loco Vanishes
I’ve published a few short stories with slightly ‘ghostly’ themes in previous Salvoes. I’ve added a fewmore to the collection and they are going to be published (by Kents Bank Station Library) in theAutumn, 
under the title of The Loco Vanishes: Northern Railway Mysteries. We’re currently looking for some extra funding and have already had generous support from ASLEF and also Furness Line Action Group. The title story relates to a real event which happened at Plodder Lane loco shed (Farnworth) in the early 1950s. There will be ten stories in all, including the latest – a terrifying tale of rail replacement buses.
Kents Bank Station Library and Gallery News
The gallery has had a steady few months since Christmas with sales up on previous years. The current exhibition, of work by Sally Bamber, Rachel Knight and Rebecca Darbishire, runs to Easter, followed by a show of gallery regular, Lara Clahane. We’re trying something new in summer, an exhibition of the stunning black and white industrial photography of Michael Poulter. The ‘Roof Appeal’ has achieved its target. Thanks to the kind support of the Railway Heritage Trust we are able to go ahead with the essential roof repairs.
Next door at the library, the big news is publication of Northern Rail Heritage – see elsewhere in this issue. We’ve also started a ‘pop-up station buffet’, offering complimentary teas, coffee and biscuits to visitors to the library and gallery. The buffet opens when we’ve sufficient volunteers (hint). We’re expecting a team of volunteers from Network Rail coming to visit next week, with paintbrushes and screwdrivers to hand.
We continue to get some much-valued donations – keep ‘em coming. If we get duplicates we either sell them or offer them to like-minded organizations such as the East Lancashire Railway, Tanfield and others. We recently acquired several boxes of books from Friends of the National Railway Museum – many thanks!
A new feature in April is ‘Poetry from the Platform’ – local poets reading their own work. The first session is on Wednesday April 23rd, 19.30 in the Station Library, with Jennifer Copley. Please book in advance – ring 07795 008691
We are open (gallery and library) every Friday, Saturday and Sunday – plus Easter Monday – 11.00 to 16.00. See www.stationlibrary.org.uk
The Romance of French Railways
My good friend John Davies continues to produce fascinating books based on his lifetime experience with railways. His latest is The Romance of French Railways. It’s sub-titled Impressions of over 60 years and countless visits – to France – and the wonder of their trains. John has a good excuse (not t
hat he needs one) through his wife Josiane who is French. It’s a well-illustrated account of his travels and experiences across France. It brought some nice memories to me, of 141Rs in their last days but also the amazing 241P (4-8-2) ‘Mountian class, which I had the good fortune to see on the Le Mans – Nantes route and also the last remaining one at Nevers.
Good value at £15.99, from Platform 5 Mail order: www.platform5.com
Footplate Fiction – some forgotten locomen’s poetry and prose
There has been no shortage of imaginative literature about railways – think of W.H. Auden’s Night Mail, Walt Whitman’s To a Locomotive in Winter and Dickens’ The Signalman amongst many more. Some are very good, but lack a real understanding of the practicalities of railway life.
But what of Britain’s railway workers themselves? Where is their poetry and literary prose? Largely forgotten, it has to be said. Yet the railway unions each have a good record in publishing their own members’ creative writing. The former NUR (today’s RMT) used the pages of its Railway Review to
publish short stories and poetry by its members and the Railway Clerks Association – today’s TSSA – did the same. But it was probably ASLE&F itself which has the strongest record of promoting creative writing by its members. This encouragement goes back a long way, to the early years of the union. As well as occasional poems and stories in the columns of Locomotive Journal, the union has sponsored publications of its members’ writing.
F.W. Skerrett was a driver at Patricroft, Salford, in the early years of the twentieth century. Skerrett read some of his poems to the Society’s AAD (annual conference) in 1918 and the following years. Some of his poems were published in Rhymes of the Rail was published by Goodall and Suddick in 1920. They were printers of Locomotive Journal and the book contained a foreword by John Bromley, general secretary of the Society. He wrote:
“This little book should be in the possession of every Footplateman in this country…for the verses of Mr Skerrett can best be appreciated by the men who manage the machine whose ‘sharp exhaust keeps the cinders tossed/As she wheels the flying train’.”
Some of his work is an echo, and tribute, to Burns – the figure who towers over working class literature in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of Skerrett’s best poems is ‘The Fireman’s Growl’ which was revived by footplateman-singer Don Bilston in the 1970s.
It’s not all beer and skittles, this blooming job of mine,
And it’s not a bed of roses, isn’t firing on the line.
You don’t get too much money, you get lots of slack instead,
And they teach you how to work at night and earn your daily bread.
Throughout the 1920s the Society published members’ prose and poetry. A regular contributor was Albert Hallworth, who joined the railway after being demobbed in 1919, most probably at Stockport Edgeley depot. He became a booked driver by the mid-1930s and was active in his union. He began working full-time for ASLEF in 1938, when he was appointed an organising secretary. In 1948 he was promoted to become acting assistant general secretary. In 1955 won a seat on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. The following year, he was elected as General Secretary of ASLE&F which he served until 1960.
His stories are very much about footplate life in the North, using ‘Old Bill’ – an elderly locoman who is a Society activist and Labour supporter – to put over the message, often in a very rich Lancashire dialect! A good example is ‘Politics and Pensions’ which appeared in the May 1929 issue. The action takes place
in the snug of ‘The Old Boar’ and Bill regales his mates about the importance of the union having a strong political fund. Labour is in power and is attempting to improve state pensions but their hold on power is tenuous – the unions need to give them stronger support and more members should ‘contract in’ to the Political Levy:
“As ah were sayin’, t’Labour movement wants finance, or its feight is ‘andicapped. An’ apart from a little gi’n locally, it met be news to some on yer that ahr Society ‘as a Political Fund which functions for this ‘ere job.” Bill bemoans the lack of political activity by ASLE&F compared to the railway clerks’ union, the R.C.A.: “Th’Society’s fallin’ behind others, an’ …t’R.C.A.’s left us standin’, an’ its nowt to ahr credit. Soway’n got to step reet on it, an’ wi’out waitin’ for t’Branch Secretary ta slip a Contractin’ Form under yer nose, yo’ mun ask fer one…”
Another frequent contributor of ‘footplate fiction’ was T.H. Crawford of West Hartlepool. During 1929 he had a series of ‘Footplate Episodes’ published in the Journal. ‘Not Guilty’ is a dramatic account of a serious accident and the reactions of driver and fireman. The driver, ‘Bill Morris’ and his fireman Alf are working a heavy passenger train in thick fog. The approaching distant signal was incorrectly showing ‘off’ and the train ploughs into the back of a goods train. Crawford described the calamity. The fireman realised there was a train in front and shouted to his mate to brake:
“Bill dashed the brakes full on, and, with a sob of agony, had wrenched over the reversing gear lever and flung over the regulator valve, in a frenzied effort to check the speed of his train, Alf at the same time tearing madly at the sand-handle, but with a tremendous crashing, tearing and splintering, Bill’s train cut into the goods train that was backing into a siding……
“..The shock of the collision threw Bill’s engine onto its side,and, after sliding some twenty yards in that fashion, came to rest like some mortally wounded animal, surrounded by clouds of escaping steam, and half buried in coal. The cries of the injured, and the screams of those imprisoned in the burning vehicles, seared deep into the soul of Bill Morris.”
The story describes the subsequent inquiries and the terrible impact of the crash, physically and mentally, on the two men. The men were taken to court for ‘Negligence’ but, thanks to the advocacy of their union, ASLE&F, were acquitted. It’s a powerful story and one which could only have been written by a railwayman – its description of the signalling system and the workings of a locomotive would have been beyond the ken of anyone from outside the industry, or even the footplate.
ASLE&F had been formed in Leeds in 1880. It celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1930 and amongst the many activities the Society organised was a short story-writing competition amongst its members. In the March 1930 issue of the Journal, the editor announced:
“As is proved by the stories and articles we have published, there is a good bit of literary merit amongst our member, and we are prepared to give two prizes for stories not exceeding 1,700 words…The stories must be stories of railway life, and may be either truth or fiction and serious or humorous.”
The first prize-winning story appeared in the June 1930 issue. ’Passing Journey’s End’ was published anonymously – the writer signing himself ‘Semper Eadem’ – a great pity since his identity is lost.
The ‘Journey’s End’ of the title is the local pub, where a row ensues between a group of locomen about the value of unions. The main spokesman for the ‘nons’ is ‘Bill Brewer’ who resents losing valuable beer money if he paid his union dues, shouting “Blinking unions! What have they done for us?”
To which a young lad, ‘Ginger’, replies “Well, when I lost my arm they fought my claim for compensation, and won it for me, and got me a Calling-Up job..” The arguments continue later that evening at the Brewer household where he abuses his wife for serving a plate of tripe and onions for his tea. “Tripe and onions again, what do you think I am? I gives you two pound a week out of my wages to keep us and the three kids on, and I gets tripe and onions for supper.”
His long-suffering wife decides she has had enough. “At last, after twenty years of bullying, the worm turned. She looked at him fixedly. ‘What are you staring at?’ says Bill. ‘Nothing’, says his wife, with a capital N. ‘I’ve stood enough; now you’ve got to listen to me for a change. Didn’t you promise me when I took that office cleaving job that you would keep your union paid up. Even the kiddies at school knows you’re worse than a blackleg. A non-unionist, they twit our bairns about you, while you’re swilling your guts with beer ..’”
The story takes an imaginative turn, with Bill dreaming about being involved in an accident resulting in the loss of his arm, like the young Caller-Up in the pub. He loses his claim for compensation and decides to end his life. The dream is a shock to the system; his life was saved by Ginger and his wife. The following day he tells his mate on the footplate about his dream, adding “You know mate, the worst about it was when I saw myself in Hell and the Devil asked me what union I was in, I told him I wasn’t in any, thinking I should get a cushy job. He told me to get inside the furnace and spread the coal the other chaps were throwing in. He kept that job for non-unionists as their hides were too thick to burn.”
Bill joins the union and goes home to his wife, telling her about his dream. He announces that he’s finished with his drinking sessions at ‘The Journey’s End’ and orders her to pack her bags…for a holiday to Land’s End!
It’s a very didactic tale, with some very clear messages about being a member of the union, treating your wife well and keeping off the drink. But it’s well told. I just wish I knew who the author was. This seemed
to set a pattern for other entries. ‘The Midnight Mail’ appeared in December 1930 and was published anonymously. It tells a story of footplate heroism – and love. It’s a good story but doesn’t have the wit or insight of ‘Journey’s End’. Other stories were published during the following year. It’s a shame that they are sitting in the files of the Journal, long unread but revealing a lot about footplate life in the inter-war years.
The ASLE&F literary tradition continued after the war, with Locomotive Journal publishing examples of members’ poetry. In the January 1959 edition, ‘Bobbie’s Address to the Pilot,’ laments the closure of rural branch lines in Scotland:
Auld freend, it grieves me sair tae tell,
Tae you that’s aulder than ma’sel,
Moderniosation’s rung the bell,
And said her say;
Auld Riccarton can gang tae Hell,
She disna pay.
Probably the finest example of ‘footplate prose’ came from Robert (‘Bob’) Bonnar, a footplateman from Fife, born in into a mining community in the small Fife village of Hill of Beath. His novel Stewartie was published by Lawrence and Wishart in 1964.
Bonnar joined the NUR rather than ASLE&F; part of the novel features debates about the merits of ‘craft’ versus ‘industrial’ unions. Bonnar went on to become a member of the NUR’s Executive Committee and was a much respected figure in the trade union world. He was a member of the Communist Party and the novel features arguments between Labour and Communism, not, I’d say, in too heavy-handed a way. In the period that Bonnar was writing about – the war years and shortly after – West Fife had a communist MP. Willie Gallacher was an iconic figure in Scottish politics and features in the novel.
It’s also a love story, with the communist fireman – Stewartie – falling in love with the daughter of the right-wing, corrupt, Labour provost, Christie, who is secretary of the Footplate LDC amongst many other official roles.
There are some fine descriptions of footplate life. The action is set around ‘Leadhill’ shed – almost certainly a fictional name for Thornton, once the main railway operating hub of the Fife coalfield.
Take this account, where Stewartie is firing for Jack Dickson whom he describes as “ a fine chap…although a bit queer….but never anything too much bother to him if it was being done for the Locomen’s Union, better kenned to most of the men in Leadhill shed as the Society.” Jack is a member of ASLE&F and also a Labour Party activist, on the left. The two men share a strong comradeship despite the union and party differences.
He finely describes a trip on a ‘W.D.’ (ex War Department 2-10-0 freight loco) with a long train of coal:
“Once the train had pulled smoothly out of the yard, and hand signals exchanged with the guard, Jack stepped over and took the shovel from Stewartie. ‘I’ll fire it through this morning’, he said,’ so across you get there, an’ see an’ no’ be too hard on me.’ Smiling broadly as Stewartie as he sat down in the driver’s seat, his heart racing a bit with excitement as he gripped the warm, polished steel of the throttle, gently opened the valve a little further, and felt the massive W.D. ten-coupled engine respond to his touch as it lumbered effortlessly along the first level stretch with its full mineral load. He took most of the edge from the blast by screwing back the lever a bit as Jack shovelled in a few rounds, then Jack built his fire black and heavy at the back of the door to keep most of the heat away from his strong, supple writs.”
This is a highly political novel, very much of its time; but it is not sectarian. While the author uses the unpleasant J.G. Christe, tyrannical father of Stewartie’s beloved, to personify the worst of right-wing Labour, other more sympathetic characters are Labour Party activists and members of ASLE&F!
Stewartie is a superbly written piece of literature, strongly influenced by the writing of Lewis Grassic Gibbon (J. L. Mitchell), whose trilogy A Scots Quair is currently experiencing something of a revival. I very much hope Stewartie gets similar recognition.
There’s a great collection of poetry by Scottish railway workers, published in the 1970s, called Steam Lines. It was put together by a retired Polmadie driver, William McLagan. He pays tribute to “the philosophers and dreamers, and comic singers – every footplate and bothy had a fair share of them.” There’s lots of entertaining stuff, some that’s maybe best described as doggerel. But I love it, doggerel or not, like this by Jock Barret:
I’ve finished oiling jumbos,
And I’ve done with driving pugs
I’m leaving all that nonsense to a thousand other mugs.
I canny get oot quick enough
As sure as I’m alive
I’m tying off and going home
For now I’m sixty five
Are there still railway men and women members writing poetry and prose about life on today’s railways? I’m sure there are. Step forward brothers and sisters, you will be following in a very honourable tradition.
With thanks to the editor of ASLEF Locomotive Journal to publish this piece, which will appear in their May edition.
Lancastrians: Mills, Mines and Minarets in St Helens
I still get invitations to speak on my book on Lancashire’s history. The most recent was in St Helens, in the fine surroundings of the Friends Meeting House, the oldest building in town. The talk was for the St Helens Historical Society, who were all very proud of their Lancashire heritage. St Helens has a distinctive history, with its glass industry. It was also notable as the birthplace of Thomas Beecham, the musician and lover of Eccles cakes.
The book is hardback, price £25. Salvo readers can get it post free directly from me: http://lancashireloominary.co.uk/index.html/order-form Or from publisher Hurst.
Short notices
Great to see a new biography of the great George Stepehenson – ‘The Master of these Marvels – George Stepehenson and his Circle of Genius is written by Robert F. Hartley and published by the Railway and Canal Historical Society (www.rchs.org.uk). It’s a great addition to the biographies of Stepehenson, timed to fit nicely with Railway 200. ISBN 978-1-0686874-0-2
Bolton and Leigh Railway 200, with Olive Tree Primary School (Bolton) are holding a ‘Day for Daubhill on Saturday June 28th. The school is on the site of the original 1828 Daubhill Station, at the tope of the rope-hauled inclined. The Hindu Temple next door is also involved, together with local mosques.
Congratulations to newly-appointed Community Rail Partnership Officer Emily Oldfield, who forms part of South-East Lancashire CRP’s team, focusing on the Atherton Line. And yet more congratulations to Paul Greenwood who has been appointed Community Development Officer splitting his time between the Liverpool and Manchester CRP and Rocket All Aboard, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
Great gathering of folk in Liverpool the other week to discuss progress on plans for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 200th in 2029/30. The new artwork for Rocket All Aboard was revealed and got a good reception! The official launch will be on September 15th – details to follow. It was held in the appropriate surroundings of the Museum of Liverpool, where Lion is preserved, and looking very smart.
Property Pages: my house for sale!
My Bolton house is up for sale! I’m now fully ensconced at Station House, Kents Bank – though sub-shedded at Horwich. I’ve still got the garden railway at Harpers Lane which is in the process of moving to its new home at Horwich (Linda’s), which seems appropriate. The Lancashire Library has already transferred across. If someone is interested some of the garden railway could stay at Harpers Lane, we’ll see.
Details of the house are here: https://plmsales.co.uk/property/109-harpers-lane-bolton-bl1-6hu/
Other books still in print (at gradely prices)
ALLEN CLARKE: Lancashire’s Romantic Radical £5.99 (normally £18.99): the only biography of Allen Clarke/Teddy Ashton (1863 – 1935): Lancashire dialect writer, socialist, cyclist, philosopher, poet, novelist…and more. Born in Bolton, mum and dad were millworkers; spent his later years in Blackpool. A remarkable chap who helped keep memories of the 1896 Winter Hill Trespass alive, friend of Tolstoy, admirer of Walt Whitman, etc. etc.
Moorlands, Memories and Reflections £15.00 (£21.00): based on Allen Clarke’s Lancashire classic Moorlands and Memories, bringing some of the story up to date and exploring the forgotten history of the Lancashire moors.
The Settle-Carlisle Railway A history of the famous route with an emphasis on the human story (including my own, as a guard in the 70s!). £14 including p and p.
Last Train from Blackstock Junction (published by Platform 5 Books). A collection of short stories about railway life in the North of England. Salvo readers can get the book at a specially discounted price, courtesy of Platform 5 Publishing. Go to https://www.platform5.com/Catalogue/New-Titles. Enter LAST22 in the promotional code box at the basket and this will reduce the unit price from £12.95 to £10.95. I’ve a few copies of my own to sell at £10.95 plus p and p.
With Walt Whitman in Bolton: This has been out of print for a few months but I’m doing a new edition, with at least one additional chapter. Likely to be out for next May.
The Winter Hill Mass Trespass of 1896: also out of print but I’m working on a new edition for 2025.
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