{"product_id":"9780957314108","title":"Forgotten Lancashire and Parts of Cheshire and the Wirral","description":"If it looks like a local history book and feels like a local history book, then it must be a local history book. But this book belongs to the 'Fact Free' school of history.\u003cp\u003eLancashire Life magazine called it 'comedy genius', and two dozen 5 star Amazon reviewers have agreed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Back Cover:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLancashire. The very word conjures up images of cotton mills, coal mines and the Co-operative Movement. But think again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is \u003ci\u003eForgotten Lancashire\u003c\/i\u003e, the home of Uncle Bill's Meat-Free Meatballs, fridge magnets and the Competitive Movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about ordinary people. People like you and me who plough the fields, mine the coal and stamp the library books. People who walk around in the summer with their tops off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you thought Sir Walter Raleigh invented the bicycle then this book is for you\" Martin Sixsmith. \"History was never meant to be so interesting\" Professor Eric Hobnob. \u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderful, majestic \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e\" Nataya Ripley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForgotten Lancashire - fact free history at its best. \"A dozen laughs a page\" \u003ci\u003eThe Wigan Observer\u003c\/i\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* approx 0.8p per laugh\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LEB Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013340119280,"sku":"9780957314108","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780957314108_p0.jpg?v=1763874805","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780957314108","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}