Half my family's from Lancashire, Bolton to be precise. Though Yorkshire and Lancashire are historic rivals I'm actually quite fond of my "dual heritage" and I pricked up my ears when Mark Radcliffe (himself a Boltonian) broadcast a tribute to poet Hovis Presley aka Richard McFarlane on BBC Radio 4 - Hovis Has Left The Building.
I felt moved to buy a copy of Hovis's book, Poetic Off Licence, all proceeds from which go to charity.
Enclosed with my copy was this handwritten note.
Which aside from being a bit of an "isn't it a small world" thing, just proves that the historic rivalry is not all that historic!
