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Lifetime: 1854 - 1917 Passed: ≈ 107 years ago

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Writer

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John Ackworth

Books by John Ackworth

Clog Shop Chronicles

Fiction Humour Novel

19th century Folklore Humor Working class Dialect Community Everyday Life Village Life Methodist Sentimental Lancashire Northern England

Set in the fictional 19th-century village of Beckside, 'Clog Shop Chronicles' offers a glimpse into the lives of a close-knit Methodist community. The stories revolve around a group of characters who gather around the fire in the local clog shop, sha...

Beckside Lights

Fiction

Short Stories Irony Everyday Life Methodist Lancashire dialect Close-knit community

Beckside Lights is a collection of 12 tales of everyday life in a close-knit Methodist community in the fictional village of Beckside (said to be somewhere between Manchester and Bolton). The stories are told in a humorous and ironic style, and they...

Doxie Dent

Fiction Humour Novel

Tradition Countryside Coming-of-age Growing up Culture Clash Village Life Family relationships Clog making

Doxie Dent is a young woman who has grown up in London. When she arrives in the small Lancashire village where her uncle, Jabez Clegg, is a clog maker, she delights the villagers with her southern ways. However, Jabez is not so easily impressed. He i...