To be honest Worsley has a lot of history actually rather than Culture. There would have been no serious Industrial Revolution without it! The Dulke of Bridgewater realising to fuel the Revolution needed a way of transporting Coal, plus of course becoming very rich as he owned Coal mines
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He personally went to Parliament to demonstrate that if Canals were constructed and lined with Clay the water wouldn't run away as they believed, permission was given to build the Bridgewater Canal from his coal mines (inside and underground where the ground rose believe it or not) by James Brindley. Canals grew across the UK to transport goods and coal to the Industries. Bridgewater Canal was then linked to the Manchester Ship Canal and coal exported! It was said you could travel from inside a mine in Worsley to America never having to set foot on dry land!
Not to mention the Market clock in Walkden used to strike 13 times at 1 pm to ensure office staff heard it above the noise from the nearby Ellesmere Colliery and Workshops and were not late back from Lunch.
Anyway, personally and frankly I couldn't give a flying **** about "City of Culture" really, more Eurocrap in my book