Skelmersdale
- a town in NW England, in Lancashire: designated a new town in 1962. Pop: 39 279 (2001)
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"Frank might as well tell us he would not have Skelmersdale," she said.
The Perpetual CurateMrs [Margaret] Oliphant
It was she who held in her hands the fate of Skelmersdale and of Frank Wentworth.
The Perpetual CurateMrs [Margaret] Oliphant
They have the living of Skelmersdale, I know; and I remember now that their nephew was to have had it.
The Perpetual CurateMrs [Margaret] Oliphant
He could not fly from his work because he lost Skelmersdale; and how was he to bear it?
The Perpetual CurateMrs [Margaret] Oliphant
And that is the tale of Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland just as he told it to me.
Twelve Stories and a DreamH. G. Wells