this web site is a kind of junk box for words, some of them anyway, that have been gushing out of me and piling up around me for over sixty years; they've fallen into various heaps, in two main splatters; on one side are the words that really exist (historical research and writing), on the other side are words that don't (creative writings); incongruous I know, but accumulated clutter has no logic and tidying is a drag, and in the immortal words of stan laurel, life isn't short enough
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Historical Research & Writing
§ chronological history of Mow Cop from 1189 to 1939
§ Mow Cop and the Erstwhile Realm
§ other Mow Cop material
§ Mow Cop family trees
§ Biddulph Moor
§ Biddulph Moor family trees
Updates & Additions
February 2026
October 2025
new additions include: 15 further short story files, and biographies of Robert T. Gunther, Frank Sherwood Taylor, and Jack Simcock; significant updates or revisions include: an improved version of the early Oakes family tree
web site created with substantial initial content including: the huge ongoing chronological history of Mow Cop from 1189 to 1939, 2 early works on the history of Mow Cop, a first batch of Mow Cop and Biddulph Moor family trees, several historical articles (on photography, Regiomontanus, and Priestley) and biographical articles (Drinkwater and Maddison), various poems including a file containing all previously published poems, 40 files of short stories, and some miscellaneous odds-n-ends