https://www.jasonsmagicrailway.uk/news daily 0.75 2019-11-23 https://www.jasonsmagicrailway.uk/home daily 1.0 2019-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd90117dac9c74b00e3c181/1574503086762-OU3YO1L341UA37BYJBGJ/001.jpg Home https://www.jasonsmagicrailway.uk/the-author daily 0.75 2020-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd90117dac9c74b00e3c181/1588760429920-WNWCXI9995JFXX76WPYJ/62557742_658430894634439_4181524994825650176_n.jpg The Author The author with the Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen, Councillor Jim Shorrock, and his Consort, Mr Mark Joyce. 11th June 2019 https://www.jasonsmagicrailway.uk/characters daily 0.75 2020-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd90117dac9c74b00e3c181/1588757991197-APKXWAJVJ8P0XFTSNZ1S/20180505_114552.jpg Characters Chapel Street, Blackburn, 2018. The Kellys’ home would have been on the right, somewhere near the parked cars. The spire in the background belonged to the Congregational Chapel, rebuilt in 1873; the chapel has been demolished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd90117dac9c74b00e3c181/1588757805145-NE7FCFEUWX78GM46ZK3Q/20180505_110612.jpg Characters The gateposts are all that remain of Saint Peter’s Church, where The Reverend C.W. Woodhouse was Vicar 1858-1874. https://www.jasonsmagicrailway.uk/incidents daily 0.75 2020-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd90117dac9c74b00e3c181/1588759010088-UFAS02Z6UXKQU8RAOYYO/20180513_122659.jpg Incidents - Yates’s Foundry, Birley Street Part of this was used as an Industrial School during the Cotton Famine. The soup kitchen, see page 375) was at the far end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd90117dac9c74b00e3c181/1588759949023-Y2MXQ3HMZPCBMQI9II3M/no29.png Incidents The angry mob followed the gamekeepers, who hid inside Dugdale’s jewellery and engraving shop at the corner of Strawberry Bank. Read how Jason became caught up in the riot in Chapter 39. (Illustration by , by Cheryl Bilocca) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd90117dac9c74b00e3c181/1588758537032-19FUK2PO0EJV6POP9GQF/20180513_122844.jpg Incidents - Cutting, east of Blackburn Tunnel It was while working on this cutting in 1846 that a man was killed by a barrow and a heavy rock falling on him. John West tells Jason the story (page 17) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd90117dac9c74b00e3c181/1588759220799-PEU6IRJ2KKKJPIZODZQ7/20180507_120136.jpg Incidents Hoghton Viaduct, 2018. On 30th September 1862, a train from Preston derailed on here in the dark. The guard had to stop people climbing over the railing, thinking that they were entering a field. The drop to the rocky bed of the River Darwen would have been about 35 metres. Read Jason’s adventure here in Chapter 25. https://www.jasonsmagicrailway.uk/cotton-famine daily 0.75 2020-06-01 https://www.jasonsmagicrailway.uk/the-book daily 0.75 2020-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd90117dac9c74b00e3c181/1576520687641-5A4Q58RP0PX7GG0LFY0H/Portal_Cover+1RESIZE The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd90117dac9c74b00e3c181/1588760673659-QSEAHE2KTPWR81OKC5G4/64956021_610831936092962_3890952147805667328_n.jpg The Book Author and illustrator at a book reading event in St Patrick’s, Sliema. https://www.jasonsmagicrailway.uk/trains-and-railways daily 0.75 2019-11-29 https://www.jasonsmagicrailway.uk/the-illustrator daily 0.75 2019-11-23 https://www.jasonsmagicrailway.uk/new-page daily 0.75 2019-11-25 https://www.jasonsmagicrailway.uk/all-styles daily 0.75 2025-05-12