The first edition of this book was written in 1992 to celebrate the tercentenary of Richard Durning's Endowed School, a rural primary school at Bispham, near Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK. The book was an important part of a year of celebrations. The school still occupies the original building which has been extended and modernised. Key to the existence of the school is the foundation Charity, Richard Durning's School Charity, set up by the founder to...