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Roger Pilkington (writer)
Roger Windle Pilkington (7 January 1915 – 5 May 2003) was a British writer and biologist. He is best-known for his 20-volume ''Small Boat'' series, recounting trips along Europe's inland waterways in an Admiral's Barge, which he had converted into a sea going cabin cruiser, named "Commodore". In 1992 he wrote about his crossing the Atlantic in the airship ''LZ 129 Hindenburg, Hindenburg''. Roger was married to Theodore Miriam Pilkington (nee Hewat-Jaboor) and had two children, Cynthia Miriam Pilkington and Hugh Austin Windle Pilkington. After a divorce, he then married Ingrid Geijer. Roger died in France, near Montouliers where he had many happy years spending his retirement between there and Jersey. Bibliography ''Small Boat'' series * ''Thames Waters'' (1956) * ''Small Boat Through Belgium'' (1957) * ''Small Boat Through Holland'' (1958) * ''Small Boat to the Skagerrak'' (1960) * ''Small Boat Through Sweden'' (1961) * ''Small Boat to Alsace'' (1961) * ''Small Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created by the Local Government Act 1972. It is administered by Lancashire County Council, based in Preston, and twelve district councils. Although Lancaster is still considered the county town, Preston is the administrative centre of the non-metropolitan county. The ceremonial county has the same boundaries except that it also includes Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, which are unitary authorities. The historic county of Lancashire is larger and includes the cities of Manchester and Liverpool as well as the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas, but excludes Bowland area of the West Riding of Yorkshire transferred to the non-metropolitan county in 1974 History Before the county During Roman times the area was part of the Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
