We have nothing against Wales, Scotland and Ireland, but much has already been written, and continues to be written about The Celtic Experience, much of it, we are afraid to say, absolute rubbish, the reality of anything, in most cases is far more interesting than the myth, a case in point is a small side trip into North Wales, that we're going to make, to the village of Gresford, near Wrexham. It was here, in 1934 that a terrible mining disaster took place, which has been memorialised in a song called The Gresford Disaster which appears on a couple of Albion Band records, in varying lengths and in a couple of different arrangements, we'll be taking a look at the background to the disaster and at the disaster itself. To get back on track for a moment, over-romanticisation is a major factor in studies of Celtic life. Now don't get us wrong, we're not saying this doesn't happen in any study of England's past, and present, it does, and its a pit-fall we will try to avoid on this website. Part of the myth, in examining any culture, is to long for a past that never existed, and some cases the longing can be so strong, that people do actually end up believing that the past they long for actually did exist. There are a number of websites on England, and English ways, out there on the Internet, that have fallen into this trap and consequently their content should be treated with absolute caution.

Rise Up Like The Sun: Ragged Heroes is, as the line from the song you hear playing says, aware of the changing of the ways, and it is those changes that we will be charting, as well as places, characters, and times, the joys and the tragedies, that are all part and parcel, and of course, we mustn't forget the music, bought to you, in this, and many other cases, by the usual band of suspects, our Ragged Heroes.

Well, its that time again. We think that you could spend a life time travelling through England and never see all that there is to see, but we can't say we didn't try; now can we?

The unusual has always been the watchword on our previous travels, as witnessed if you click on the links to our other websites on the landscape of England, and Anglicana will be no different in that prospect. Literary is a word that will appear often here, we'll be looking at the literary heritage of the West Midlands, and a literary look at London, through the eyes of Mr. Dickens and other sundry and diverse characters and writers. We're going to pay a visit to Ampleforth Abbey, a beautiful and tranquil place in the north of England, their website is chest of wonders unto itself. So many places to visit, so many folk to meet, so little time.... We're off...You coming?