Explore fascinating stories from Lancashire.
Radio Lancashire,·65 episodes
Local historian Boyd Harris tells us the remarkable story of Withnell Fold.
24 Jul 2024,·3 mins
Historian Boyd Harris surveys a Brindle field that has a shocking history.
4 mins
Michael Prescott is currently restoring a nuclear bunker underneath a Lancashire field..
Historian Steve Irwin says the author's visit to the town proved historic.
22 Jul 2024,·3 mins
Paul O'Gorman digs into Burnley's mining history where miners walked down to 700ft.
22 Jul 2024,·4 mins
Over 80 years ago, tragedy struck on a wartime summer night in a Lancashire town.
Does the Brinscall waterfall exist or has it disappeared?
How the role of Lancashire's women police officers has developed through the years
Claire Ashmore hears about the Burnley Empire's glory days and its ongoing restoration.
Paul O'Gorman hears how classical violinist Niccolò Paganini wowed east Lancashire.
Paul O'Gorman wonders why there is apparently no tower at Hoghton Tower.
The hidden story behind some of Lancashire roadside stones.
Paul O'Gorman heads off to the Wyre coast to discover the historic Rossall Point
The tragedy of Captain Arthur Sinclair and the crew of the Leila that capsized in 1865.
Historian Dave Pearce remembers how twenty one men died aboard a Fleetwood trawler.
Local historian Debbie Pope climbs the West Pennine moors to show us a wartime decoy.
19 Jul 2024,·3 mins
Paul O'Gorman hears about a number of farms that have gone missing from Brinscall Moors.
15 Jul 2024,·4 mins
Historian Peter Wade visits Lancaster to tell the true story of murderer Dr. Buck Ruxton.
15 Jun 2024,·4 mins
03 Oct 2023,·4 mins
Paul O'Gorman explores why a mysterious plaque appeared in Gregson Lane.
01 Oct 2023,·4 mins
Paul O'Gorman hears how mass fingerprinting of men in Blackburn solved a murder case.
Steve Harrison explains how Preston's Winckley Square wasn't always one big square.
01 Oct 2023,·3 mins
Historian Debbie Pope visits a distinctive grave near St. Stephen's Church in Tockholes.
10 Sep 2023,·3 mins
Historian Dave Pearce traces the tracks of the Pilling Pig.
The first screwpile lighthouse was built off the Fleetwood coast. What happened to it?
06 Sep 2023,·3 mins
The entrance to Poulton Hall stands proudly in Morecambe, but where is the hall?
17 Aug 2023,·3 mins
Paul O'Gorman discovers a piece of Westminster sitting in Clitheroe Castle.
13 Aug 2023,·3 mins
Historian Peter Wade explains why an area of Morecambe is really Poulton-le-Sands.
06 Aug 2023,·3 mins
Paul O'Gorman goes in search of an underground passage and a lost mill.
04 Aug 2023,·4 mins
Paul O'Gorman goes in search of a piece of history buried in Whittle-le-Woods.
03 Aug 2023,·2 mins
