The Lancaster and District Heritage Group meeting next week focuses on Early Aviation in Lancaster
New “Walking App” Explores Lancaster’s World War One History
Battery-powered buses in Market Square which took the munitions workers to the Caton Road Munitions Works in 1917 An exciting, new, mobile phone application, which brings to life a step-by-step […]
Silverdale Library Set to Remember World War One at special talk
British trenches during World War One Lancashire County Council‘s community heritage team is helping people to discover the importance of newspapers of the time as a way of finding out […]
Writing project explores World War One
A powerful new writing project focusing on World War One will be launched at Lancaster Library at 4.30pm on Monday 20th October. The project, called Time and Tide, is mainly aimed […]
Heritage Open Days offer free admission to key local tourist attractions
Lancaster Maritime Museum. Image: Lancaster City Council The Lancaster district will be throwing open its doors again this year when local buildings of every age, style and function take part […]
Lancaster University launches “Streets of Mourning” Great War project
Historians from Lancaster University are inviting local people to help flesh out the stories of more than a thousand men from the city who died in World War One. “Streets […]
Work to start on Lancaster’s Memorial Gardens
Work will start tomorrow (Wednesday 2nd October) on restoring Lancaster’s Memorial Gardens ahead of next year’s centenary of the World War One. The extensive works will include the pruning of […]
War Drama at The Dukes Digs Deep
As the centenary of World War One looms, the true story of a miner trapped in a tunnel during the conflict will be told at The Dukes this April. The […]