Bacup: Maden recreation ground
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Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 30 Jun 2011
On a day when schoolteachers were on strike, I would have expected there to be lots of children here enjoying their freedom: apart from one solitary pensioner practising his bowls, the entire place was deserted.