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Lancashire
It would be quite natural to expect a young man with a strong artistic talent and a great desire to paint, who was brought up in what to man people would be considered depressingly grimy industrial surroundings, to get away from such scenes
as quickly as possible. If he then spent his time capturing, on canvas, the lovely countryside that he discovered, it would be no surprise. Fortunately the painter L. S. Lowry decided against such a course and, instead, enriched the world of art with his unique talent for portraying the timeless quality of the places and people he knows best; Lancashire's industrial landscapes. His paintings have now achieved the wide recognition they deserve, and many hang in galleries and famous art collections.
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Many of the ,paintings show scenes in and around the city of Manchester, the great industrial heart of Lancashire. The city is many in 8 from the sea, and it can come as a surprise to find that ships are being loaded and unloaded, and that, in fact, Manchester is one of the largest ports in the country. This would not have been possible, of course, without the Manchester Ship Canal which connects the city with the sea. The canal's completion, towards the end of the nineteenth century, ensured a new lease of life for Manchester as the collecting and marketing centre for the cotton industry which is all around it.
Liverpool seems to be a city that is capable of arousing great fervor amongst the supporters of its representatives! Its football teams have probably the most vociferous followers to be found anywhere, as anyone who has heard the famous 'Kop'in full cry will agree, and there was certainly no small measure of support for four young men who formed themselves into a group called the Beatles and went out from Liverpool to take the world of popular music by storm. In fact, a look the records of both show business and the art reveals a surprising number of world famous people who have their origins here in Liverpool.
Whenever the geographical conditions are right for the growth of an industry, whether it is because of the discovery of coal under the ground, or simply that the weather is right, and necessary, for the setting up of some particular process, then it follows that the working population will increase, to take advantage of the work that becomes available. It was inevitable, therefore, that Lancashire would have densely populated areas and that the people living in them would want to find somewhere near at hand to relax for a day, a week, or longer.
It was for this very purpose that the holiday resorts along the beautiful sandy coast of Lancashire came into being. Without doubt the greatest of them is Blackpool which, with its famous illuminations, its wide beaches and an assortment of attractions that would be hard to match anywhere, is able to offer just what so many holiday makers are seeking; a complete change from their normal routine, in which they can completely forget their everyday cares. Even the advent of cheap holidays abroad has not been able to dim the bright fights of Blackpool, the most famous resort on the coast of Lancashire.
Lancashire Hotels
Astley Bank Hotel
Bolton Road, Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire BB3 2QB
Chadwick Hotel - South Promenade, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire FY8 1NP
Tel: 0870 418 8151
Gibbon Bridge Hotel - Chipping, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, PR3 2TQ
Tel: 0870 860 8442
The Pines Hotel - Preston Road, Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley, Lancashire PR6 7ED
The Whitehall Hotel - Springbank Whitehall, Darwen, Lancashire BB3 2JU
Tel: 0870 418 8158
Lynbar Hotel - 32 Vance Road, Blackpool, FY1 4QD
Telephone: 01253 294504
Norbreck Castle Hotel - Queen's Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY2 9AA, England
Park Hall Hotel - Charnock Richard, Chorley, Preston, Lancashire, PR7 5LP, England
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