Bolton: Hearing the Shadowy Horses
It's a week when British temperatures rise from near-freezing to idyllic. Just miles across the English Channel, the Notre Dame Cathedral burns, and I travel to the north west of England for a court case. Bolton le Moors Photo by Jennifer Pittam I've never been to Bolton le Moors before and, as always, I look forward to my trip. For a writer, it's great to have somewhere new to see. Writing tutors tell you time and time again, 'write about what you know'; took me years to realise that also means 'write about what you come to know'. Bolton turns out to be a town of immense age, with a proud history in the cotton trade. James Arkwright invented the Spinning Jenny here, so my Stanford's Guide tells me, and the building is now a funky record shop. The Grammar school was founded in 1516. James Arkwright invented the Spinning Jenny here... Photo by Jennifer Pittam I didn't find the school but I loved being so near the parish church, St ...