Dr Tony Shaw

The subtitle here – The Life and Writings of Allen Clarke / Teddy Ashton – alludes to the fact that Allen Clarke (1863–1936) sometimes us...

'The Parish Church of Saint John (Grade II Listed) The first Church of St. John was built on this site in 1821 as a Chap...

    'The Temple of Arts One of the oldest surviving buildings in the town centre. Built in 1847 it became John Eastman...

'ALISTAIR COOKE (K.B.E.) Legendary Broadcaster, Journalist and Writer, Alistair was renowned for his 'Letter from A...

'In Loving Memory of MARIA, WIFE OF DAVID R. VERO, PASSED AWAY 20 TH FEB. 1913, AGED 76. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NA...

'In loving Memory of ADA, THE BELOVED WIFE OF TOBIAS BOSWELL, OF SOUTH SHORE. WHO DIED MAY 11 TH 1901. AGED 48 YEAR...

'RAISED BY FRIENDS TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. JAMES WAYMAN, BORN AUGUST 15 TH 1840, DIED DECEMBER 8 TH 1899. HE WAS...

'GEORGE WASHINGTON WILLIAMS AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORIAN 1849–1891' George Washington Williams was born in Bedford Spr...

'SAMUEL LAYCOCK, BORN JANUARY 17 TH 1826, PASSED TO THE HIGHER LIFE DECEMBER 15 TH 1893. THOU ART NOT IDLE: IN THY HIG...

'HERE RESTS, LIFE'S LABOURS O'ER, THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF SPENCER TIMOTHY HALL. PH.D., M.D., M.A, "THE SHERWOOD FORESTER...

William Billington's grave is obviously far more difficult to vandalise, and only his nose has been attacked here. The sculpture a...

The sorry state of the grave of John Thomas Baron (1856–1922) in Blackburn Cemetery, apparently due to vandalism rather than disrepair. B...

Theodore Major is a relatively little known painter about whom the writer John Berger said 'his canvasses deserve to rank among th...

  'IN MEMORIAM ST. VINCENT BEECHEY, M.A. SCHOLAR OF CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, BORN AUGUST 7TH 1806, DIED AUGUST 14th 189[9]'...

4 Days  is filmed in Southport and directed by David Town and Paul Bagshaw, two former teachers who moved into the video industry. The c...