Mr Hatton
has got
his hat on!
Really fascinating! writes a correspondent
about Mark Hatton`s recent historical studies of Keswick that he made from inscriptions in the town`s Crosthwaite churchyard (pictured).
I was surprised too by the studies ,particularly by his revelation that Keswick had once been what he called “the beating heart of the industrial revolution” and that fact had been “whitewashed from history. “
I was so interested that I decided to check whether or not that in fact was true.
So I consulted a fairly recent history of the town, “Keswick, a Lake District town” published thirty years ago by the greatly-respected Keswick man, George Bott, a retired teacher.
A great amount of research was done for his 210 page book and Mr Bott lists more than 400 books which he consulted.
But my consultation of his book failed to reveal any references to Mr Hatton`s discovery of industrial activity in the town that could amount to the beating heart of anything.
So, as far as George Bott`s book is concerned, Mr Hatton`s assertion is correct. I am happy to leave it at that, particularly as there is so much other similar research waiting to be done: Mr Bott reveals in his book that an amazing number-50,000 books- have references to the Lake District and Cumbria.
That number is impossible to tackle in order to justify Mr. Hatton`s claim. Let us simply congratulate chartered accountant Mr Hatton on his reseach and say: Mr Hatton has got his hat on!
Perhaps when all his churchyard investigation work is complete he will put pen to paper and produce a a book about his graveyard discoveries.
That book will be streets ahead of all the 50,000 predecessor books and also streets ahead of Mr Bott`s book on Keswick.
It will be streets ahead because it will deal only with facts that cannot be disputed by anyone.
Those facts are set in stone!
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