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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
Retlaw is right to say 'treat with caution' but should not dismiss Ainsworth's books as worthless. If we did not have his books, there would be little else to read on Accrington's history. .
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Oh yes there is Dobo if you know where to look.
There was a series of articles in the paper in 1902
by the Rev W.H. Burgess. I got one of my daughters to type it up for me in my computer. it runs to 151 pages and is a mine of information, to me anyway.
He was going to produce it in a more handy form, but left Accrington for more urgent matters.
It was completely forgotten till I found the articles in the paper. I've checked some of the stuff against Baines and Whittakers works, and with some of the records at Kew, and he's a dammed site more acurate than ainsworth.
And before you start, its in a program called Wordstar, in DOS, and its not compatable with any of bill gates's rubbishy word processors.
The only other person who ever saw this in my computer, was Jack Broderick.
Retlaw.