Live from Worktown has unveiled its 2023 calendar celebrating Bolton which has been illustrated by the late and 'dearly missed' Dave Burnham who completed it before he died in October.
Live from Worktown's calendar contains the usual mix of offbeat illustrations of places in and around Bolton.
This is the seventh in the series and many place featured will be recognisable to Boltonians but some may be harder to place.
For example Haulgh Hall, which is probably the oldest building in town, may not be immediately familiar, but it is just of Bradford Street next to the old Hilden Street College.
There may also be people who pass the Turkish baths everyday but never really notice it.
And also the old Reference Library, 'hiding in plain sight in Victoria Square'.
Writing about the calender before his death, Mr Burnham stated: “As is the way of things some of the buildings featured over the last seven years are no longer with us. Beehive mill for instance, on Crescent
Road, out towards Farnworth, was pulled down some time ago, the site now being occupied by housing. And where is the Royal Hotel? And what significancehas the date on the image of the long defunct tram?”
Live from Worktown’s Julia Uttley said, “Everyone at Live from Worktown is so grateful to the very talented Dave Burnham for the contribution he made to our annual calendar.
"His witty, characterful illustrations of Bolton life always strike a chord with us and we know that many people in Bolton are very fond of these as
well.”
Since the first Live from Worktown calendar was published for 2017, Mr Burnham completed over 120 cartoons of the town. The most arresting of
these, around 80 of them, are soon to be included in an exhibition of his work in 2023.
Copies of the calendar that he had prepared for 2023 are available for sale, which you can be purchased at
livefromworktown.org or from selected retailers in the town: Waterstones, Bolton Museum, Booths Music and X-Records.
Proceeds will, as ever, go towards funding Live from Worktown’s arts, culture and heritage projects in our town.
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