# leicestershire (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover leicestershire. Page: Feed: --- ## [Happy 20th birthday to Liberal Democrat Voice](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/happy-20th-birthday-to-liberal-democrat.html) _2026-08-27 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Congratulations to Liberal Democrat Voice , which is celebrating its 20th birthday today. And hello to Mary Reid, a fellow York philosophy graduate. I find that I first mentioned Lib Dem Voice here on 14 September 2006 : Welcome and congratulations to Liberal Democrat Voice , which already seems to be establishing itself as the place for Lib Dem discussion on the net. Natural selection operates… ## [GUEST POST Doctor Who: The Most Golden Era?](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/guest-post-doctor-who-most-golden-era.html) _2026-08-27 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Peter Chambers weighs the Doctor Who era I remember from my childhood and does not find it wanting. No Doctor Who fan is without an opinion on which era was a golden era. This is evident in that someone who professes otherwise is not a true Doctor Who fan. Douglas Adams would have understood. And gone for lunch. It is a truth universally acknowledged, here in Liberal England, that our host… ## [Listen to Dr Francis Young on the history of fairies](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/listen-to-dr-francis-young-on-history.html) _2026-08-26 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Where did fairies come from? They are so ubiquitous in our culture that there seems to never be a time when we were without them. But what are fairies exactly? Were they always associated with magic? Are they small? Are they winged? When did the first fairies appear? Who named them the fairies or the fey? Francis Young discusses these questions here and in his book Fairies: A History . ## [Will Labour back the reform of parliamentary elections next week?](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/will-labour-back-reform-of.html) _2026-08-26 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Neal Lawson writes in the Guardian : Next Wednesday, the representation of the people bill will come before parliament for its final stages. An amendment has been tabled to set up a national commission to look at which system of proportional representation (PR), which does match votes to seats, would best suit our country. It has huge backing in the Commons, in the Labour party and among the… ## [The Joy of Six 1567](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1567.html) _2026-08-26 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "Profound isolation contributed to the deaths of more than 100 care leavers in England in a year, with a dramatic drop-off in support from social services at 18 leading to catastrophic consequences, a review has found. A government-commissioned report into the early deaths of young people who left care described the problem as a national tragedy and said many were left on their own 'at the height… ## [The Joy of Six 1567](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1567.html) _2026-08-26 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "Profound isolation contributed to the deaths of more than 100 care leavers in England in a year, with a dramatic drop-off in support from social services at 18 leading to catastrophic consequences, a review has found. A government-commissioned report into the early deaths of young people who left care described the problem as a national tragedy and said many were left on their own 'at the height… ## [Argent: Hold Your Head Up](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/argent-hold-your-head-up.html) _2026-08-25 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ I loved this when it came out when I was 11, but it now makes me remember seeing The Zombies at Market Harborough Leisure Centre in 2011. After he had played his keyboard solo on this, Rod Argent was shaking hands with people in the front row of the audience. I do like small venues. Also in the band that night was Rod Argent's cousin, the late Jim Rodford. He is also playing on this original… ## [A mystery in Church Stretton and the most picturesque tin tabernacle of them all in Little Stretton](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-mystery-in-church-stretton-and-most.html) _2026-08-25 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ This is the last of these brief posts on where I have been that day, as I'm going home to Leicestershire tomorrow. They will remind me of what I got up to on holiday and of some possible longer posts about the places I've been to that I may write later in the year. Today it was the town of Church Stretton and the village of Little Stretton. I saw several emergency vehicles in Church Stretton and a… ## [Bournemouth's giant IMAX cinema lasted only 14 years](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/bournemouths-giant-imax-cinema-lasted.html) _2026-08-24 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Bournemouth, famous for hosting Liberal Party Assemblies and Liberal Democrat Conferences, wanted to keep up with the times as a resort. So it built The Waterfront, which opened in 1999 and was demolished in 2013. This video tells you why it came and went so quickly. ## [Learning to love Ludlow (without a memory card)](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/learning-to-love-ludlow-without-memory.html) _2026-08-24 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ I got on better with Ludlow today. In the past I've not always loved it as much as I should - I think this dates back to the time that the tourist information centre told me off for not booking accommodation before I came to the town. But today I arrived with the firm intention of finding and photographing a rather unLudlowlike building on the edge of town, and that gave me a sense of purpose… ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tvNK8SO1Hgof) _2026-08-24 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [The Joy of Six 1566](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1566.html) _2026-08-24 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "Our promise should be: We don’t want power so we can run your life. We want power in order to give it back to you." Roz Savage asks what has happened to Liberalism and what would make it relevant again. Simon Pearson rightly says that the online left has lost sight of issues like class, ownership and material power: "The left needs to recover the harder ambition that once defined it: taking… ## [The Joy of Six 1566](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1566.html) _2026-08-24 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "Our promise should be: We don’t want power so we can run your life. We want power in order to give it back to you." Roz Savage asks what has happened to Liberalism and what would make it relevant again. Simon Pearson rightly says that the online left has lost sight of issues like class, ownership and material power: "The left needs to recover the harder ambition that once defined it: taking… ## [Wandering the backstreets of Shrewsbury](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/wandering-backstreets-of-shrewsbury.html) _2026-08-23 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ After yesterday's exertions on the Stiperstones, I decided to spend today exploring the backstreets of Shrewsbury. This photo was taken in Belmont, a backwater behind the town's Roman Catholic Cathedral. ## [Wandering the backstreets of Shrewsbury](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/wandering-backstreets-of-shrewsbury.html) _2026-08-23 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ After yesterday's exertions on the Stiperstones, I decided to spend today exploring the backstreets of Shrewsbury. This photo was taken in Belmont, a backwater behind the town's Roman Catholic Cathedral. ## [Gene Chandler: Duke of Earl](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/gene-chandler-duke-of-earl.html) _2026-08-23 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ This topped the US singles chart in 1962. Gene Chandler, who sang it, later took to calling himself the Duke of Earl. I don't know when this suitably aristocratic live performance dates from, but Chandler (who is still with us) was later better known as a producer than a singer. ## [The Joy of Six 1565](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1565.html) _2026-08-22 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "In 2008, I met the Ukrainian diplomat and journalist who would go on to bribe Nathan Gill: Oleh Voloshyn. At the time he was working as press attache at the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow, where I was based as the bureau chief for the Guardian . Voloshyn made no secret of his pro-Kremlin views. He was clever, chatty and spoke impeccable English. He later went back to Kyiv to work for the… ## [The Joy of Six 1565](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1565.html) _2026-08-22 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "In 2008, I met the Ukrainian diplomat and journalist who would go on to bribe Nathan Gill: Oleh Voloshyn. At the time he was working as press attache at the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow, where I was based as the bureau chief for the Guardian . Voloshyn made no secret of his pro-Kremlin views. He was clever, chatty and spoke impeccable English. He later went back to Kyiv to work for the… ## [The view west from the Stiperstones ridge today](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-view-west-from-stiperstones-ridge.html) _2026-08-22 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ I was up on the Stiperstones ridge today, placating the Devil and admiring the view into Wales. Mind you, the border does funny things around there. So the large hill in the background and to the right, Corndon Hill, is in Wales, while the high ground to the left and behind it is Clun Forest and so in Shropshire. Those tortured rocks in the foreground are, of course, the Stiperstones' very own. ## [Ian Christie asks if the cinema invented Swinging London](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/ian-christie-asks-if-cinema-invented.html) _2026-08-21 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ I've already posted the first two videos in this series of film lectures by Ian Christie. They were on Gothic London and on the British pioneer Robert Paul . Here, in his final lecture, he talks about British cinema and Swinging London. ## [David Campanale seeks £788,740.75 compensation from Lib Dems](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/david-campanale-seeks-78874075.html) _2026-08-21 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Embed from Getty Images David Campanale, the former prospective Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Sutton and Cheam who was deselected in 2023, and the national party are oceans apart when it comes to the compensation he deserves for suffering religious discrimination. The Guardian reports: Campanale's schedule of loss, seen by the Guardian, puts his claim at £788,740.75, including… ## [Fast, secure international transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZLsAW1FDyorf) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Bank transfer, cash pickup, mobile wallet — low fees and real-time tracking ## [Looking down on Clun's parched bowling green from the castle](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/looking-down-on-cluns-bowling-green.html) _2026-08-21 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ I've been to Clun today, making use of one of the last workings of the 745 bus from Minsterley to Ludlow. It's going to be replaced by a community transport scheme that sounds as though it may even be better for residents, but it will no longer be possible to get to Clun, as I did today, by catching the early bus from Shrewsbury to Minsterley. Anyway, here's a souvenir of Clun and of this… ## [A vanished island in the Trent near Nottingham](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-vanished-island-in-trent-near.html) _2026-08-20 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Shakespeare knew all about the River Trent's fondness for changing its course. Here's Hotspur in Henry IV, Part 1 : Methinks my moiety, north from Burton here, In quantity equals not one of yours: See how this river comes me cranking in, And cuts me from the best of all my land A huge half-moon, a monstrous cantle out. I'll have the current in this place damm'd up; And here the smug and silver… ## [A train ride to Newport to visit St Woolos' Cathedral](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-train-ride-to-newport-to-visit-st.html) _2026-08-20 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ I fancied a train ride today, so I went down to Newport in South Wales. I even managed to cover some track that was new to me – Hereford to Newport. One reason for going there was St Woolos' Cathedral. Ever since I learnt that it isn't the Victorian rebuild I had imagined and has a history dating back to the sixth century, I have wanted to see it. The photo above shows its twelfth-century… ## [Reform councillor who said she ‘received no training’ sent resignation letter to wrong council](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/reform-councillor-who-said-she-received.html) _2026-08-20 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ The Independent wins our Headline of the Day Award. After they had announced their verdict, I told the judges I didn't receive any training when I was a councillor all those years ago. They asked if I lived in a shoebox in the middle of the road. ## [The Joy of Six 1564](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1564.html) _2026-08-19 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "If there is one consistent theme running through Farage’s political career, it is his striking ability to make enemies out of friends. He seems to be running out of allies. That helps to explain why rumours about his own future, including speculation that health concerns could eventually force him to step back, carry so much weight." Nigel Farage won his by-election but, says Zoe Grunewald , that… ## [The Joy of Six 1564](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1564.html) _2026-08-19 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "If there is one consistent theme running through Farage’s political career, it is his striking ability to make enemies out of friends. He seems to be running out of allies. That helps to explain why rumours about his own future, including speculation that health concerns could eventually force him to step back, carry so much weight." Nigel Farage won his by-election but, says Zoe Grunewald , that… ## [The Highland cows of Much Wenlock](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-highland-cows-of-much-wenlock.html) _2026-08-19 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ On my way to see the ruins of Wenlock Abbey this morning, I met these fine creatures. Perhaps they are on a religious retreat? ## [The Creation: That's How Strong My Love Is](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-creation-thats-how-strong-my-love-is.html) _2026-08-19 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ The Creation sound good today and all sorts of prominent musicians cite them as an inspiration, but they failed to make it big in the Sixties. It's a shit business. ## [Right to Roam plans mass trespass in Andy Burnham's Makerfield](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/right-to-roam-plans-mass-trespass-in.html) _2026-08-18 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ The Right to Roam campaign is panning a mass trespass in the prime minister's Makerfield constituency to publicise its call for a public right to access the countryside on our doorsteps and roam responsibly over England’s land and water. The trespass will take place on Sunday 13 December. Its location will be revealed nearer the date. You can sign up for more information on Eventbrite . Right to… ## [An old canal warehouse at Ellesmere in Shropshire](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/an-old-canal-warehouse-at-ellesmere-in.html) _2026-08-18 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ This former canal warehouse, with its thumping great ghost sign, is to be found by the canal basin at Ellesmere in Shropshire. The basin is at the end of a short arm off what is now called the Llangollen Canal. I took plenty more photos of the town and its canal, which I'll post another day. ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1Y9LqzubAVTk) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Horse Nell 'stable' after canal rescue](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/horse-nell-stable-after-canal-rescue.html) _2026-08-18 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Photo: Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service I may be in Shropshire, but our Headline of the Day comes from the BBC News Leicestershire pages: Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to Aylestone Meadows after Nell "must have decided to cool-off in the canal near the Packhorse Bridge" but suddenly became stuck in the waterway. A technical rescue team from Southern Station and… ## [The Joy of Six 1563](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1563.html) _2026-08-17 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "Toby Young stole his status and career. And in every sinew of his body, he knows that. For most people, imposter syndrome is an irrational insecurity; Toby Young should feel that way. He was an imposter at Oxford, he was an imposter in journalism, an imposter in New York, an imposter in education, and most recently has set himself up as the boss of an imposter 'Union', acting as if anyone can… ## [The Joy of Six 1563](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1563.html) _2026-08-17 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "Toby Young stole his status and career. And in every sinew of his body, he knows that. For most people, imposter syndrome is an irrational insecurity; Toby Young should feel that way. He was an imposter at Oxford, he was an imposter in journalism, an imposter in New York, an imposter in education, and most recently has set himself up as the boss of an imposter 'Union', acting as if anyone can… ## [Olly Lambert's The Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/olly-lamberts-devil-in-family-fall-of.html) _2026-08-17 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Olly Lambert's three-part documentary The Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke , which is currently on the BBC website , is a brilliant and horrifying piece of work. It's like a David Lynch film, every frame of which is true. Lambert has written about the making of it in the Independent : Last May, I sat in a Utah coffee shop with Chad Franke, the son of the infamous 'momfluencer' turned… ## [GUEST POST Why has the HS2 project been such a disaster?](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/guest-post-why-has-hs2-project-been.html) _2026-08-17 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Peter Chambers goes in search of enlightenment about the ironic low-speed train crash that is HS2. Most people I meet have an opinion on HS2. Different opinions. It has been expensive. It goes to Euston. It was a plot by Labour or the Tories. It goes too fast. Or not fast enough. It was a sop to the North or a scheme to divert economic activity to London. What are the most useful points? Was it… ## [How Joan Aiken fought to defend the wolves of Willoughby Chase](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/how-joan-aiken-fought-to-defend-wolves.html) _2026-08-16 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ For years the children's books magazine Books for Keeps published a series of interviews with authors – there was one of these 'authorgraphs' in each issue. Here is the wonderful Joan Aiken from issue 39 (July 1986): " The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first book to make money for me. I’d actually done two chapters just before my husband was ill but had put it away. Abelard Schuman, who’d… ## [Steeleye Span with Peter Sellers: New York Girls](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/steeleye-span-with-peter-sellers-new.html) _2026-08-16 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ What was Peter Sellers doing playing the ukulele on a track on Steeleye Span's 1975 album Commoners Crown ? Maddy Prior explains: While sitting over lunch we were discussing what we need to sparkle up the track New York Girls. Ukulele would be good someone said. Anyone got one? Anybody know someone who can play one? Peter Sellers plays it says Bob. Pause. Eyes meet, why not? We could ask. He could… ## [In which H.G. Wells sets out to fool his future biographers](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/in-which-hg-wells-sets-out-to-fool-his.html) _2026-08-15 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Embed from Getty Images In her Memoirs of an Uneducated Lady , this blog's heroine Marjory Allen records how H.G. Wells invited her to design the garden at his home at 13 Hanover Terrace, overlooking Regent's Park: He was seventy-three, already ill and dispirited, and visitors were not encouraged; but I spent many amusing hours with him. One foggy afternoon when we were sitting in his study, he… ## [The Joy of Six 1562](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1562.html) _2026-08-15 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "Every large fire has two causes, the spark that lights it and the conditions that let it become so severe. Naming the fire, though, can hide this, as does reporting. A fire is named in hours, blamed in days, and attributed a true cause in weeks." Doug Specht argues that we should reterg 'wildfire' in favour of 'landscape fire', stating the spark where it is known and explaining the conditions… ## [Five reasons to stop our sending future leaders to boarding school](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/five-reasons-to-stop-our-sending-future.html) _2026-08-14 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Piers Cross blends the psychological and the political to produce a convincing list. I wrote about Richard Beard's book Sad Little Men in my first column for the Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy . I like its original subtitle 'Private schools and the ruin of England'. ## [Helen Morgan on the importance of external scrutiny of the NHS](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/helen-morgan-on-importance-of-external.html) _2026-08-14 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Embed from Getty Images Helen Morgan has been interviewed by Healthcare Management about the Liberal Democrats' concern at government plans to reduce external scrutiny of the National Health Service. She says: "We know from polling back in 2024 there are people who feel their care has been poor, but they don't want to report that back into the NHS because they are dependent on that care, and they… ## [A Canterbury Tale, Richard Rorty and Stanley Kubrick](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-canterbury-tale-richard-rorty-and.html) _2026-08-14 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Guy Stagg understands A Canterbury Tale : A Canterbury Tale suggests that love of country does not mean some romanticised retreat into the past, but rather drawing on England;s heritage to navigate the uncertainty of the modern world. As a result, the film floats free from its origins as wartime propaganda to become one of cinema’s most beautiful explorations of history and belief. Though the pace… ## [The plague pits and passageways of Green Park](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-plague-pits-and-passageways-of.html) _2026-08-13 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Jago Hazzard charts the evolution of London's Green Park station from its 1906 opening as Dover Street to its modern role as a major interchange. You can support Jago's videos via his Patreon page. ## [The Joy of Six 1561](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-joy-of-six-1561.html) _2026-08-13 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ "My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months – despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare." Maryam Tahmasebi writes from the hell of ICE detention. Femi Owolade argues that Black academics suffer when life stories eclipse scholarship: "Academics are ... expected to have stories that capture attention. University websites, media… ## [Recycling centres to stay shut due to "high demand"](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/recycling-centres-to-stay-shut-due-to.html) _2026-08-13 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Yes, Leicestershire County Council is run by Reform. Why do you ask? Anyway, BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award. ## [John Maynard Keynes: A very political economist](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/john-maynard-keynes-very-political.html) _2026-08-12 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Embed from Getty Images Paul Addison reviewed Robert Skidelsky's biography of John Maynard Keynes for the London Review of Books in 1993. Keynes remains an attractive figure to British Liberals but, Addison suggests, a hard one to pin down: As Skidelsky emphasises, Keynes was at all times a political economist: "He invented theory to justify what he wanted to do. He understood that theory had to… ## [X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/x-ray-spex-germfree-adolescents.html) _2026-08-12 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ This is wonderfully bleak. So bleak it reminds me of Vanbrugh College snack bar on the original campus at York. ## [Nether Hambelton emerges from beneath Rutland Water](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/nether-hambelton-emerges-from-beneath.html) _2026-08-12 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ The remains of a lost Rutland village can currently be seen because of the drought, reports ITV News : Low water levels at Rutland Water reservoir in the East Midlands have uncovered the remains of the buildings which were once part of the village of Nether Hambleton. Residents in the hamlet, along with other small villages including Middle Hambleton, were relocated to other areas before the… ## [Stanley Unwin is now remembered by a blue plaque at his old home in Long Buckby](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/stanley-unwin-is-now-remembered-by-blue.html) _2026-08-11 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Here's the great Stanley Unwin on Pebble Mill at One in 1985. He had the sense to know that his unique act worked best in short doses. That way he kept his audience comftybold, two-square on their botties. The latest news from Long Buckby is that a blue plaque has been installed on the bungalow in the High Street where Unwin lived for many years. I once went to the village to photograph his and… ## [Eddie Waring's "Dark Satanic Mills End" was at Hilton Park, Leigh](https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/eddie-warings-dark-satanic-mills-end.html) _2026-08-11 · Jonathan Calder · Liberal England_ Embed from Getty Images I've a memory of Eddie Waring , the BBC's rugby league commentator between 1949 and 1981, referring to the "Dark Satanic Mills End" at one ground. I thought it was Leigh's and, having found the picture above, I think I was right. The photo was published in Picture Post in 1949, and the caption on Getty Images says: A group of young supporters accompany Rugby League players…