A Tonge Moor Childhood

Bolton: John W. Webster, 1996. Signed Copy. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Inscribed 'Best wishes' without attribution and signed by author on title page. An excellent copy. 1996 Soft Cover. 144 pp. "Tonge is an outlying area of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. The name is supposed to be derived from the Old English "tang" or "twang" meaning a fork in a river. Tonge comprises two areas, namely Tonge Fold and Tonge Moor. Tonge Fold sits upon the River Tonge, a region of whose banks is a geological site of special scientific interest. Historically a part of Lancashire, it was once part of the township of Tonge with Haulgh. By the end of the 19th century Tonge was home to a coal mine.