Skelmersdale

/ ˈskɛlməzˌdeɪl /

noun

a town in NW England, in Lancashire: designated a new town in 1962. Pop: 39 279 (2001)

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And that is the tale of Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland just as he told it to me.

So, unpropitiously, my acquaintance with Mr. Skelmersdale began.

"Skelmersdale," said I to myself at the sight of it, and went in.

In 1828 the title of Baron Skelmersdale was bestowed on the head of the family and in 1880 that of earl of Lathorn.

"'Tain't no joke about Fairyland, not to young Skelmersdale," said the respectable elder, drinking.

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