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WHY A BOOK?

It is said that everyone has one book in them. I hope I have more than one! My first book began as a project to make Christmas presents for the family - a collection of my photos that were not intended to be competition shots but would show something of the area I have come to love since I moved here in the early 1970s.

Working on the project meant getting out when the sun was low and trying to capture as much of the natural beauty of the area as I could. I decided it would not be just a picture book and set out to write a few short pages about the history and character of the area.

I was very pleased that my landscape idol, Joe Cornish offered to write a Foreword for the book, then, once the book was published and became of interest to a wider audience, it seemed an obvious decision to give any proceeds to charity and I chose our local cancer hospital, the Christie.

Thank you to everyone who has supported this project. Your contributions are very important.

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Press Release:

“Saddleworth, though my lens” is published by local professional photographer Christine Widdall in a personal project which will raise funds for the Christie Hospital Foundation Trust, to which all its profits will be donated. The book features Saddleworth’s high places and hills, the villages and old settlements, waterways and the Dovestone area, with historical notes and folklore and has a Foreword by top UK landscape photographer Joe Cornish, who says
“Christine Widdall’s photographs bring all the atmosphere of her home moors of Saddleworth to life, inspiring anyone with a sense of the outdoors to leave the comfort of their cars and walk in these high Pennine tracts. A sensitivity to the light and mood of the moorland is perfectly captured in her pictures, and reflects an empathy for and deep love of the area. As well as being a wonderful souvenir for visitors, this book will remind local Saddleworth residents to cherish and respect their high places, and to hold the moors in trust for future generations.”



TO BUY THE BOOK:

"Saddleworth, through my lens" The Advantage Edition: This edition is printed by Advantage Digital Print in Dorchester.

Buy Direct from the Author Price £25.95 plus p&p using the link below. Pay online via PayPal (you don't need a PayPal account to use your debit/credit card).

 

Also available to buy at the Saddleworth Museum Shop, Uppermill. An inspection copy is available there.

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Above: "The Manns in Winter." The name of this settlement is said to originate with early Huguenot settlers from Flanders.

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