Reviews for Hidden Places of Lancashire and Cheshire

The average rating for Hidden Places of Lancashire and Cheshire based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-05-21 00:00:00 Rob Tzakis Should have looked closer before buying! It is an edited compilation of regional accounts written before the Second World War. For those areas that I know well it was interesting to see how things had changed, but obviously less so for other areas. Also, the individual authors approached the task in very different ways, often not really addressing the highways and byways of their chosen area. This made it a very disjointed read.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-11-04 00:00:00 Adam Gafter This is a compilation of 36 extracts from the original series of 'Highways and Byways', published between 1897 and 1948. I found it quite hard work, reading only one or two chapters at a time, because a lot of it is written in a rather old fashioned style. But buried in amongst the ordinary and mundane are a generous number of insights and surprises - mostly about how much the country has changed, or how little. Worth a try for those who like England, and who like travel guides.