History
Great stories from the North West's past
The story of the murders of the Lancashire witches
Britain’s most destructive single witch hunt took place in Lancashire in 1612. It was our equivalent of Salem: twenty innocent men and women were tried; ten were executed; an eleventh had already died in prison.
Click here to read moreColne through time
Click here to read the original article onlineLakeland mill - bobbin along
Click here to read the original article onlineA Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Designed in Manchester and built in Birkenhead in the nineteenth century she was the world’s first powered submarine. Mark Gorton tells the barely credible story of Resurgam and her inventor.
Click here to read moreThe Mystery of Pilling Marsh
Although I have lived close to the Fylde village of Pilling for most of my life it was only recently that I learnt that it was infiltrated by Nazi sympathisers during the Second World War. When I mentioned my new-found fact to some Pilling acquaintances none of them were aware of it either.
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Inspired by our monthly explorations of archive photographs, Marjorie Smith from Blackburn has been delving into her own photo library.
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1854. Two young shipmates share a cabin on a United States Navy cruiser. At sea they have become fast friends. Their names are Raphael Semmes and John Winslow.
Click here to read moreSublime heroism
How Lancashire mill workers stood proudly against slavery despite personal hardship and earned the gratitude of a famous American president
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Words: Jonas Holdsworth
Photographs: Joe NashThe Lancashire Lantern - July
A recent report by academics in Sheffield revealed that, contrary to what we might think, Britain's seaside tourism industry is in pretty good shape despite the fashion for foreign holidays and the recession. It contributes £3.6 billion to the economy and supports directly 210,000 jobs.
Click here to read moreThe Lancashire Lantern - June
In the wake of a General Election that changed the course of British political history we decided to take a look at how politics in Lancashire have been captured on camera over the years. Images from the county council's Lancashire Lantern reveal that the nuts and bolts of our democracy remain the same - but can no doubt always do with a little tightening here and there.
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