Atherton: Difference between revisions
Ross Burgess (talk | contribs) Created page with "thumb|Atherton Parish Church'''Atherton''' is a former coal mining town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Mancheste,..." |
m Fix bare <references> tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing <references/> |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:St John's, Atherton 02.jpg|thumb|Atherton Parish Church]]'''Atherton''' is a former coal mining town in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan]], in [[Greater | [[File:St John's, Atherton 02.jpg|thumb|Atherton Parish Church]]'''Atherton''' is a former coal mining town in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan]], in [[Greater Manchester]], and historically in [[Lancashire]]. | ||
==LGBT history== | ==LGBT history== | ||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:English towns]] | [[Category:English towns]] | ||
[[Category:Greater Manchester]] | [[Category:Greater Manchester]] | ||
[[Category:Lancashire]] | [[Category:Lancashire]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:05, 10 July 2026
Atherton is a former coal mining town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, and historically in Lancashire.
LGBT history
Allan Horsfall lived there in the 1960s, and used his home address (a Coal Board cottage) on leaflets publicising the North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee.[1]
References
- ↑ Amiable Warriors, Volume One, page 123.