Showtown museum opens in Blackpool

Blackpool’s first museum has now opened – Showtown celebrates the town’s rich history as a seaside resort, with six galleries exploring its social history and more than a century of popular entertainment. [Visit Blackpool]

The Battle of Preston, 1715

The last battle on English soil saw a Jacobite uprising fall apart, as Kev Lochun explains. November 2015 marked the 300th anniversary of what is widely held to be the last battle on English soil – the showdown between Jacobite rebels and an army loyal to George I at Preston in 1715. It was both … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Lancashire

Lancashire, or Lancaster, county palatine and maritime shire, in NW. of England. bounded N. by Westmorland and Cumberland, E. by Yorkshire, S. by Cheshire, and W. by the Irish Sea; greatest length, 76 miles; greatest breadth, 45 miles; area, 1,208,154 acres; population 3,454,441. A detached part of the county, known as Furness (25 miles long, … Read more