The Hunger Hill Tavern sits between junction 5 of the M61 and
Knutshaw Bridge on the A58. (The name 'Hunger' is common for bleak
and bare hills, from the Old English 'hungor' meaning sparse
pasturage.)
We have arranged for food from 7:00pm for approx 20 people at
present. We'll confirm numbers nearer the day.
Please log-in if you intend to eat. The pub is large and able to
cope with large numbers. A wide range of pub food is available.
There is a large car park and the pub is fully accessible to
buggies and wheel-chairs (though they don't like children in the
bar area).
There is a wide selection of seating including arm chairs and
settees in addition to the more usual tables and chairs.
There are good views of Winter Hill and is close(ish) to
Rivington, Chorley and Wigan areas for those who fancy a day's
caching first.
There are (at the time of publication) 447 caches within a 10
mile radius.
Everyone is welcome to attend....just come along and enjoy
another geocaching social event and great grub!!
Lesser known facts about Bolton.
Early evidence of man in the Bolton area is shown by the Stone
Circle on Chetham Close, Egerton. The circle is 1,050 feet above
sea level and is thought to date from the early Bronze Age.
A large number of fleet buses, dating from the 1960's form the
public transport system on Macau, an island near Hong Kong.
Bolton was the first English town to manufacture sprinkler
valves. They were developed by Downson, Taylor and Co.
A famous daughter of Bolton, Susan Isaacs of Bradshaw Brow, was
a worldwide authority on child psychology. She was head of child
development at London University from 1933-1943 and wrote
pioneering books such as 'The Nursery Years', Intellectual Growth
in Young Children' and 'Social Development in the Young'.
Sculptures worth £40,000 grace the grounds of Bolton's Crown
Court. The Bronze giants called 'Divided Circle' are the creatiion
of Barbara Hepworth and are more than seven feet tall and weigh
three quarters of a ton.
The highest point in Bolton is on Smithills Moor, 1,476 feet
above sea level.
The lowest point is in Kearsley in the Irwell Valley, which is
129 feet above sea level.
Benjamin Disraeli the Prime Minister visited Barrow Bridge and
referred to it in his novel 'Coningsby' under the name
Millbank.
Paint manufactured in Bolton by W & J Leigh & Company
has been used to paint the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth
II.
When beer was brewed in Bolton, the local water was too soft and
had to be treated chemically to make it more like the traditional
Burton-on-Trent water. Trent water was brought to Bolton to special
tanks.
Boltonians are sometimes nicknamed 'trotters'. This has nothing
to do with pigs' feet; the name originates from the practise of
playing practical jokes on visitors to the town - known as
trotting.
The name of the town centre Parish Church is still St Peter's
Bolton-le-Moors. Bolton used to knows as Bolton-Le-Moors.
Its motto 'Supera Moras', means 'overcome delays'.
The first ice cream 'slider' or ice cream sandwich previously
known as the 'hokey pokey' was made in Bolton. But was it invented
by Mr Fairweather or Mr Williams, Mr Simonette of Mr Lewis?
It has been claimed by an eminent Lancashire historian that
Blackrod was one of the eight places in Lancashire where Agricola
erected a fort in Roman times.
All Civic Silver is on view to the public on Parlour Open Days
at Bolton Town Hall.
Bolton is twinned with Le Mans in France and Paderborn in West
Germany.
Bolton was attacked three times during the Civil War by Royalist
forces led by the Earl of Derby and Prince Rupert.
Boltonians borrow 3,250,000 library books a year.
The folk group, the Houghton Weavers, who became famous through
their BBC Television series "Sit thi Deawn", all come from
Westhoughton.
Chain Pit at Hunger Hill was the last pit in the country to
employ women and children.
"The Family Way" movie was filmed in Bolton starring Hywel
Bennett, Hayley Mills and John Mills. It was again written by Bill
Naughton.