Gerry Wolstenholme

Wolstenholme married Linda in 1968. Four years later, they returned to Blackpool, where he worked for the Department of National Savings. He also ran a second-hand and antiquarian bookstore on Elizabeth Street.^[4][5] He wrote his first book, The West Indian Tour of England, 1906, during this time.^[3]

He became a widower upon his wife's death in 2004. He wrote The Lost-Love Poems of a Madman, a book of poetry, as a result of it and his subsequent breakdown.^[3]

A selected list of books Wolstenholme has written.

• The West Indian Tour of England, 1906 (1992)^[6]
• From Peak to 'Pool: A Short History of Lancashire versus Derbyshire matches at Blackpool (1994)^[7]
• Really Lancashire (1996)^[8]
• Cup Kings (1998)^[9]
• The Tour of the 'Gentlemen of Philadelphia' in Great Britain in 1884 (2002, with John P. Green)^[10]
• Cricket with Laughter: Sir Lindsay Parkinson's XI v West Indies, Blackpool 1933 (2006)^[11]
• The Khaki Years: Blackpool Football Club, The First World War Years (2008)^[12]
• Return to the Top Flight: Blackpool Football Club's Promotion Campaign 1969/70 (2010)
• Blackpool FC: Miscellany. Seasiders Trivia, History, Facts & Stats (2011)^[13]