From Bolton Library and Museum Services: Celebrate Heritage Open Days at Bolton’s Historic Halls Hall i’ th’ Wood Museum, Saturday 8 September Join us for a tour of this beautiful building! The tour will include a rare chance to view the attic space where Samuel Crompton allegedly hid the spinning mule during an outbreak of machine-breaking in the late 1700s. The museum is open from 12pm to 4pm and the free tours will take place at 12.15pm, 1pm, 2pm and 2.45pm. Smithills Hall, Sunday 9 September Discover more about Smithills Hall with a tour of this fantastic building. See http://www.boltonlams.co.uk/whats-on/ for more more events. Smithills Hall opened to the public as a museum in 1963 but its history dates back to the 14th century. Today, much of the Hall has been restored to its original splendour and you can see rooms and displays from across the centuries. You can stand in the same room where Bolton Protestant Preacher, George Marsh, was interrogated by the owner of the estate, Robert Barton. Marsh was later burned at the stake because of his faith. Legend has it that as George Marsh was being led from the Hall he stamped his foot on the flagstone, leaving a mark that has remained there ever since as a declaration of his steadfast faith. The hall is open from 12pm to 4pm and the free tours will take place at 12:30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm.