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Great Harwood is a small town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire , England, 4 1/2 miles north east of Blackburn . It is a town with a proud industrial heritage. The Mercer Hall Leisure Centre in Queen Street and the town clock pay tribute to John Mercer (1791-1866), the 'father' of Great Harwood, who revolutionised the cotton dyeing process with his invention of Mercerisation . An agricultural society is also maintained. The town once lay on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, the last train serviced the town in November 1957. The town boasted a football team, Great Harwood Town , which unfortunately was forced to fold in July 2006. The writer Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886-1962) - also published as Ethel Carnie and Ethel Holdsworth - lived in Great Harwood until her marriage in 1915 and some of her poems and novels were written in the town. Helen of Four Gates (1917) was filmed in 1920. Her last novel, All On Her Own (1929) will be republished in 2007. Footballer David Dunn was born and brought up in Great Harwood. He initially played for local club Blackburn Rovers but moved to Birmingham City in 2003. In 2007 he moved back to Blackburn Rovers The Coronation Street scriptwriter Leslie Duxbury (1926-2005) was a resident of the town. SEE ALSO Great Harwood Community Website |
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