Dave Anderson, the city's development director, hopes that 2, 200 houses, plus shops and offices, will follow.

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Dave Anderson, of Towneley Hall, says Taylor was an amateur archaeologist who sent so many artefacts back from his travels "by the tea-chestful" that he used to have his own room in the museum.

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Dave Anderson too is fascinated with American cooking.

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National has screened comedy acts like Dave Attell, Louie Anderson and Craig Shoemaker, but the killer app for alternative content is opera.

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