Museums- Bolton-Greater Manchester.
Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester or Lancashire whatever you like best. I had never visited before, only heard of its many wonders. Diamonds, Fred Dibnah, Winter Hill and a plane that sells steaks. Sarah and I discussed previously our choice of 8 hour summer holiday and decided it was either Clitheroe or Bolton and Bolton won.
Here is a bit about Bolton;
'Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester in North West England. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th century, introducing a wool and cotton-weaving tradition. The urbanisation and development of the town largely coincided with the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. Bolton was a 19th-century boom town, and at its zenith in 1929 its 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works made it one of the largest and most productive centres of cotton spinning in the world. The British cotton industry declined sharply after the First World War, and by the 1980's cotton manufacture had virtually ceased in Bolton.
Close to the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is 10 miles northwest of Manchester. It is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages that together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the administrative centre. The town of Bolton has a population of 139,403, whilst the wider metropolitan borough has a population of 262,400. Historically part of Lancashire, Bolton originated as a small settlement in the moorland known as Bolton le Moors. In the English Civil War, the town was a Parliamentarian outpost in a staunchly Royalist region, and as a result was stormed by 3,000 Royalist troops led by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in 1644. In what became known as the Bolton Massacre, 1,600 residents were killed and 700 were taken prisoner.
Bolton Wanderers football club play home games at the University of Bolton Stadium and the WBA World light-welterweight champion Amir Khan was born in the town. Cultural interests include the Octagon Theatre and the Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, as well as one of the earliest public libraries established after the Public Libraries Act 1850.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolton
- 15th October 2019.
There is an awful lot to get through and there is indeed a plane fuselage that sells steaks.
Barbara Hepworth Three Forms 1968-1969.
Patrick Caulfield-Vase on Display 1971.
Eduardo Paolozzi -Experience 1965.
Claire Tindale- Box Room-2017.
All in all a very big 10/10 for Bolton. I felt that I had arrived in parts of Paris then Poole, then London and it was very clean and tidy.
Things we visited;
Bolton Market- Sells the nicest gift wrap in Bolton and has the nicest cups of tea.
Bolton Museum, Art Gallery and Library- In a crescent that is technically Paris you can see the fish that have tiny teeth and Bolton's Egyptian collection.
Bolton Town Hall and Square- Very posh with a nice fountain and big tower.
Steaks on a Plane- An actual B737 that cooks you some steak.
Olympus Fish and Chip Restaurant- Excellent mushy peas, big chips and good tea.
