BOLTON Central Library and Museum is hosting a historical Christmas poetry evening.
Dr Simon Rennie and Ruth Mather of Exeter University are bringing their research on poems and songs written by those suffering during the Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861 to 1865.
The event will take place on December 20 from 6pm.
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