THIS spoof was produced in 1908 and urged travellers to visit Blackburn, Lancashire’s famous health resort, where they could enjoy pure mountain air.

The trip advisor of its day, iIt told how the east of the town was protected by the wooded Mill Hill, with the unique Daisyfield at the summit and on the west by the gorse covered Lark Hill.

From here a beautiful panoramic view of the district could be enjoyed, with electric cars running up every few minutes.

Thousands came weekly, it told, to visit Grimshaw Park, which was unrivalled for its natural beauty, and where the Waterfall was the sight of a lifetime. Among the great attractions were angling, shooting and the prospect of both competitive swimming and safe bathing facilities.

for visitors was angling in Snig Brook, the finest trout river in the kingdom and boating on the Blakewater, where swimming and diving competitions also took place.

Good shooting was available on Blakey Moor, famed for grouse, while visitors were advised to visit Little Har-Wood with its magnificent pines, archaeologists Sudell Cross, which had puzzled historians for centuries and invalids to take the waters from the Bast Well!