Westmorland Alone. Ian Sansom
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Source ISBN: 9780008121747
Ebook Edition © February 2016 ISBN: 9780008121754
Version: 2016-12-08
For the other Morley
Here we entered Westmoreland, a country eminent only for being the wildest, most barren and frightful of any that I have passed over in England.
DANIEL DEFOE,
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Contents
Chapter 1: The Infernal Streets of Soho
Chapter 2: Rise and Shine and Give God The Glory
Chapter 3: 72 Miles, 1,728 Yards
Chapter 6: The Locomotive Accident Examination Guide
Chapter 7: Pencilariums and Pharmacopoeias
Chapter 8: English Archaeological Records
Chapter 9: Death and Deceit and Despair
Chapter 11: Stephen ‘Jawbone’ Sefton
Chapter 12: The Stench of Cabbage and Onions
Chapter 13: The Joy of Pickling
Chapter 15: A 22-Lever Midland Tumbler
Chapter 17: Ejecta, Rejecta, Dejecta
Chapter 18: Some Photographic Techniques
Chapter 19: A Totally Different Complexion
Chapter 20: Dora’s Station Café