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  1. Why Lancaster's Victoria is amused

    Dalton Square's iconic statue is more than a tribute to Queen Victoria.

  2. Why did Charles Dickens visit Blackburn?

    Historian Steve Irwin says the author's visit to the town proved historic.

  3. Whittle’s Community Past

    The long history behind the site which is now home to a surgery.

  4. Whittle-le-Woods wayside weeping stone

    The hidden story behind some of Lancashire roadside stones.

  5. Where is the Brinscall waterfall?

    Does the Brinscall waterfall exist or has it disappeared?

  6. Where is Hoghton Tower's tower?

    Paul O'Gorman wonders why there is apparently no tower at Hoghton Tower.

  7. What lies beneath the M61?

    Paul O'Gorman goes in search of a piece of history buried in Whittle-le-Woods.

  8. What happened to Wyre Light?

    The first screwpile lighthouse was built off the Fleetwood coast. What happened to it?

  9. Westminster now sitting in Clitheroe

    Paul O'Gorman discovers a piece of Westminster sitting in Clitheroe Castle.

  10. Venetian strings on Blackburn's streets

    Paul O'Gorman hears how classical violinist Niccolò Paganini wowed east Lancashire.

  11. Turton's weird turrets

    Paul O'Gorman visits a Lancashire landmark tower with a distinctive turreted bridge.

  12. Turton's unexpected guest

    Some recollections of Turton Tower have a hint of the supernatural,

  13. The Woodplumpton Witch

    In the 17th century, Prestonian Meg Shelton was accused of witchcraft.

  14. The Whittle-le-Woods benchmark

    Paul O'Gorman visits an easily missed marking that changed the way we view the world.

  15. The Whittle Millstones

    Paul O'Gorman hears how Whittle-le-Woods and bread making have a shared history.

  16. The village built in a year

    Local historian Boyd Harris tells us the remarkable story of Withnell Fold.

  17. The unsung stargazer

    Claire hears how Jeremiah Horrocks’ observations were light years ahead of his time

  18. The mysterious mark in the well house

    Hoghton Tower's recently discovered marking that is meant to hold evil spirits at bay.

  19. The lost farms of Brinscall

    Paul O'Gorman hears about a number of farms that have gone missing from Brinscall Moors.

  20. The jealous Doctor Ruxton

    Historian Peter Wade visits Lancaster to tell the true story of murderer Dr. Buck Ruxton.

  21. The holy well at Hollinshead Hall

    Between Abbey Village and Tockholes stands one of the UK's best preserved holy wells.

  22. The Blackburn Giant

    Frederick Kempster stood out head and shoulders above the rest.

  23. The Birdman of Feniscowles

    Paul O'Gorman reports on a Blackburn man and the early days of flying.

  24. The Battle of Bamber Bridge

    Over 80 years ago, tragedy struck on a wartime summer night in a Lancashire town.

  25. The "proud and mighty" Woodend

    Paul O'Gorman digs into Burnley's mining history where miners walked down to 700ft.

  26. The "proud and mighty" Woodend

    Paul O'Gorman digs into Burnley's mining history where miners walked down to 700ft.

  27. Stone by Stone

    When the reservoirs were built, the congregation moved away St Stephen’s moved too

  28. Saint Edmund Arrowsmith's 'Holy Hand'

    Claire Ashmore hears about the Catholic martyr's lasting Lancashire legacy.

  29. Rivington's pigeon crown

    Paul O'Gorman visits Rivington Pike to climb the recently restored Pigeon Tower

  30. Queen Victoria's Darwen legacy

    How celebrating Queen Victoria's Jubilee inspired the building of Darwen Tower.

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