Now it will soon be that time of year again when Chorlton Book Festival returns.*
This will be the twelfth “with more events and authors than ever before, including Costa Book Award winning author Andrew Michael Hurley, best-selling crime and thriller writers Rachel Abbott and Paul Finch and a murder in the library!”
And squeezed in between all these greats will be me, back with another history walk, starting on the old village green opposite the Horse and Jockey.
I can’t promise snow but there will be a mix of tales from dark deeds with more than a few murders and a burial scandal.
Actually there will be the story of two burial scandals one from 1880 and a second almost a century later.
Added to this there will be a selection of our old rural customs including “hunting the sparrow,” “heaving the stranger” and ever popular St George and the Dragon, which of course included St George, a dragon and the chap dressed as a woman and called “Tosspot.”
And that is all I will say for now.
Tickets are £4.75 including refreshments at the Dressing Room cafe at The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre after the walk. Booking in advance I am told is advisable which can be done by the following the link.**
Meet at Chorlton Green opposite the Horse and Jockey M21 9HF at 2pm on November 20.
I promise it will last for no more than an hour ............ unless I get carried away with myself.
And for those who want to do their homework in advance and then try and catch me out with a question why not buy my book The Story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy available from Chorlton bookshop ........ such outrageous self promotion!***
Which just leaves me to say that there are plenty of other interesting, exciting and fun events which will last from November 18-26.
Most of the events are free unless otherwise stated, and if you don't fancy going on line to find out what is happening, there is always the telephone @ 0161 227 3700 or just call in at Chorlton Library.
Location; Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Picture; the Horse and Jockey, Chorlton Green, by Derrick A Lea circa 1955
*Chorlton Book Festival, http://www.chorltonbookfestival.co.uk/
**Booking for the Mystery Walk, https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chorlton-mystery-walk-tickets-28605123695
***The Story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Andrew Simpson, 2012, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/the-story-of-chorlton-cum-hardy.html
And squeezed in between all these greats will be me, back with another history walk, starting on the old village green opposite the Horse and Jockey.
I can’t promise snow but there will be a mix of tales from dark deeds with more than a few murders and a burial scandal.
Added to this there will be a selection of our old rural customs including “hunting the sparrow,” “heaving the stranger” and ever popular St George and the Dragon, which of course included St George, a dragon and the chap dressed as a woman and called “Tosspot.”
And that is all I will say for now.
Tickets are £4.75 including refreshments at the Dressing Room cafe at The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre after the walk. Booking in advance I am told is advisable which can be done by the following the link.**
Meet at Chorlton Green opposite the Horse and Jockey M21 9HF at 2pm on November 20.
I promise it will last for no more than an hour ............ unless I get carried away with myself.
Which just leaves me to say that there are plenty of other interesting, exciting and fun events which will last from November 18-26.
Most of the events are free unless otherwise stated, and if you don't fancy going on line to find out what is happening, there is always the telephone @ 0161 227 3700 or just call in at Chorlton Library.
Picture; the Horse and Jockey, Chorlton Green, by Derrick A Lea circa 1955
*Chorlton Book Festival, http://www.chorltonbookfestival.co.uk/
**Booking for the Mystery Walk, https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chorlton-mystery-walk-tickets-28605123695
***The Story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Andrew Simpson, 2012, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/the-story-of-chorlton-cum-hardy.html
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