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Vincent Cobb (RIP) was an author born in Blackpool where he attended St Joseph’s College, which has obviously influenced much of his work. His Leave a Light on for Jesus, published 1 May 2004, is a scarifying indictment of the Catholic school and clergy system. The protagonist is a boy, brutalised by his sadistic father and by the Christian brothers, and later sexually abused by the clergy. In the opening chapter, we are introduced to his austere school. ‘St Joseph’s College – or Holy Joe’s jailhouse as it was commonly referred to – was situated on the top of a hill,…

Terry Taylor’s novel ‘Kicking Around’ was published on 4 March 1999, which was set in “Southpool”, a thinly disguised version of Blackpool. He wrote it to explore his younger years, including his time at St. Joseph’s College in Blackpool. Kicking Around by Terry Taylor follows the life of the protagonist through childhood to adolescence, in a series of hilariously comical vignettes, centred around playgrounds, classrooms and soccer and rugby pitches. The action takes place in the city of Southpool, a soubriquet for Blackpool, a name modification in the style of Thomas Hardy. At St John of The Cross Primary School…

Homer Jackson Lamour was born in Blackpool on 11 December 1946. He received a professional qualification as an associate of The Chartered Institute of Secretaries (ACIS – qualified by examination in 1972). He also took A levels in his forties and then two degrees: English at Aberdeen University and History at Cambridge University. His first novel was published on 22 August 2023. Click the image above to buy the book on Amazon The following text has been taken from Amazon’s promotional copy on for the book: This work can be classified as post modernist absurdist literature in the style of…