Explore the History and Heritage of Lancaster, Morecambe and Surrounding District Podcast
1) A Tale of Two Liners
The magnificent ocean liners Majestic and Berengaria both ended in the Morecambe area - the Majestic to be broken up at Ward's shipbreakers and the Berengaria as the name for a new holiday camp at Hey...Show More
2) We Lived by the Tides at Sunderland Point
I was born in number 16 Second Terrace in the middle of the 1930s. My dad was a fisherman just like his father before him and there are photographs of my grandad in the Maritime Museum in Lancaster. ...Show More
3) Morecambe's Towering Attraction
In the early 1900s Morecambe made a bid to compete in the seaside towers wars with a modest 232 foot structure. What it lacked in height it more than made up with in elegance and exoticism.
4) Lancaster's Canalside Mills - a short walk
A short three quarter of a mile stroll discovering Lancaster's eight canalside mills which were once at the heart of the local economy, whilst at the same time seeing another side of the city.
5) Ashton Hall
The Manor of Ashton was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086. The first major building we know of on the site was erected in 1381 by Edmund Lawrence. The Hall now belongs to Lancaster Golf Club, th...Show More
6) Rowing and Rivalries
There has been a long history of rowing as a sport in the Lancaster and Morecambe area. Early records show there was gig racing on Morecambe Bay and rowing races on the River Lune based at Snatchems I...Show More
7) Heysham Harbour
Heysham is a new harbour, completed in 1904, and build completely from scratch by the Midland Railway. For the Midland Railway the target was the lucrative Irish Sea trade to Dublin and particularly ...Show More
8) Judges' Lodgings Lancaster
The Assizes were an important part of Lancaster life for many centuries. They were the highest court in England, dealing with the most serious cases. Lancaster was the site of the Assizes for the whol...Show More
9) Cockersand Abbey
Cockersand Abbey originated between 1180 and 1184 when Hugh Garth, a hermit, established a hospital for the sick, and a sanctuary for lepers, on one of the many low clay hills that lie between Morecam...Show More
10) Remembering Cedric Robinson MBE - Morecambe Bay Sandman
The Cross-Bay walkers Cedric guided helped raise millions of pounds for charity. He also guided celebrities safely across from Melvyn Bragg and Bill Bryson to Judith Chalmers and Victoria Wood. In 19...Show More