Edwardian Bolton: Drinkers, Swindlers, Hangmen and Suffragettes, is a guided walk around Bolton town centre (UK).

Link to the map and directions: (if you download the audio, you automatically get the pdf of the map and directions included in your download folder)

drive.google.com/file/d/1HrHOSepOBl4XAYpiJaZMFVFtXJOCKh5b/view?usp=sharing

Follow this walk around Bolton to see what life was like as the Twentieth Century began. We start and end in Churchgate, a vibrant promenade in 1901 crammed with pubs, theatres and laughter. There was no Market Cross though and a wooden building straddled the road – a stand for handsome cabs, all horse drawn then as were the trams.
Gas lit the streets, pride had decorated the buildings for the old Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and confidence inhabited the hearts of Boltonians. The Empire was at its greatest extent and there was work and fun to be had. But watch out! Soon those pesky suffragettes will cause mayhem, but not before a murder brings tragedy and shame!
At the back of the downloadable document is a hand-drawn map of the walk.

This walk will take around an hour and a half and will introduce you to life just before the Great War. It is mostly pavement: an urban walk in which you never leave Bolton town centre.

There is a single section of pathway which might be muddy, so don't wear high heels or polished brogues. To avoid that, and a railway footbridge, which precludes wheelchairs and buggies, an alternative walkaround is proposed between sections SEVEN and EIGHT.
Otherwise this walk is available to all who are reasonably fit.

For advice about the route and if you want to comment on the walk, please contact us via brad@livefromworktown.org

We recommend downloading the audio to your device before the walk rather than just streaming as, although this can be done, it’s a sensible precaution against loss of signal while out on the walk.

The audio is free though it does require an email address so we can keep you up to date about Live from Worktown’s arts and heritage activities in Bolton, though you can unsubscribe at any time. You can, if you wish, make a donation to the group when downloading and any money collected this way will go towards our costs or producing our various arts and heritage projects in the town.