Alf
Well-known member
Random question for those of you more acquainted with local history than myself (probably everybody). I was just reading about Lancashire in WW1, and came across a tale of local sandgrownuns getting pissed off when Lord Derby made an appeal for locals to join his regiment. Supposedly it caused a lot of aggro because his regiment was more closely associated with the Preston area and so it wasn’t really his place to be recruiting in Blackpool.
I’m paraphrasing from a very questionably written blog, and can’t find much else on it. I’m just wondering if anybody can shed a bit more light, and if maybe this has something to do with the local rivalry.
I’m paraphrasing from a very questionably written blog, and can’t find much else on it. I’m just wondering if anybody can shed a bit more light, and if maybe this has something to do with the local rivalry.