Racist anachronism or cultural heritage??

Had a day out in Bacup today (I know it's an unlikely prospect!) and it was quite jolly. We saw the Bacup coconutters and had a very good lunch. The Natural History Museum in Bacup is a scream - full of stuffed animals and puffer fish and cigarette boxes. No particular narrative, just an assortment of strange collections from men whose wives probably just wanted them out of the house! The prices at Bacup market make the charity shops look expensive and everything is pretty down at heel. The land that time forgot?? And this is after ten years of so-called 'good times'. I think they passed Bacup by as well....