A BOOK on the history of Blackburn was launched with the help of MP Jack Straw and mayor Coun Eileen Entwistle.
Blackburn - The Development of a Lancashire Cotton Town was written by Dr Derek Beattie, senior lecturer of history at Blackburn College.
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