Buile Hill Park Buile Hill. After the end of the war, and an amount of refurbishment, the park reopened to the public in 1948. In 1963, a garden for the blind opened, and in 1972 Pets Corner. People noted to have visited the park include Pendlebury artist L.S. Lowry, a local rent collector, and author Frances Hodgson Burnett who wrote her classic children's novel "The Secret Garden" during one of her many visits to the estate house. In 1975 the Lancashire Museum of Mining opened in the house, closed in 2000, after which the house was proposed to be renovated as a conference
The Head of the House of Coombe The Head of the House of Coombe The Head of the House of Coombe is a 1922 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. "The Head of the House of Coombe" follows the relationships between a group of pre–World War One English nobles and commoners. It also offers editorial commentary on the political system in prewar Europe that Burnett feels bears some responsibility for the war, and some pointed social commentary . Burnett wrote a 1922 sequel to "The Head of the House of Coombe", "Robin ", which completes the story of Robin, Lord Coombe, Donal and Feather. Lord Coombe is considered