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Empire of the fun

Claire Ashmore hears about the Burnley Empire's glory days and its ongoing restoration.

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Handcuffs in Handbags!

How the role of Lancashire's women police officers has developed through the years

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Where is the Brinscall waterfall?

Does the Brinscall waterfall exist or has it disappeared?

• 3 mins

The Battle of Bamber Bridge

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

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The "proud and mighty" Woodend

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

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Inside a Lancashire nuclear bunker

Michael Prescott is currently restoring a nuclear bunker underneath a Lancashire field..

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Brindle's field of broken dreams

Historian Boyd Harris surveys a Brindle field that has a shocking history.

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The village built in a year

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

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"A little vim and tonic"

How a drink created in Lancashire has become a household name in over seventy countries.

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The mysterious mark in the well house

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

• 3 mins

The Birdman of Feniscowles

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

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"They didn't know what would happen"

How Chapeltown village was a starting point for soldiers heading for the First World War.

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The Whittle-le-Woods benchmark

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

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"They'd never seen a barge before"

Paul O'Gorman investigates what happened to a missing piece of the Lancaster Canal.

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Anglezarke's Wedgwood link

How Lead Mines Clough played a formative role in the creation of Wedgwood pottery.

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Queen Victoria's Darwen legacy

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

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Cow Well Steps

The Whittle-le-Woods relic of the past that is a pathway to history.

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Did Charles Dickens save Hoghton Tower?

Paul O'Gorman discovers the famous novelist found inspiration in the Lancashire landmark.

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Turton's unexpected guest

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

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The Whittle Millstones

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

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A Whittle-le-Woods disaster

Historian Boyd Harris visits the site of a former factory that was destroyed by fire.

• 4 mins

The Blackburn Giant

Frederick Kempster stood out head and shoulders above the rest.

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Blackburn hero's "no surrender"

Simon Entwistle remembers Private James Pitts who was awarded the Victoria Cross.

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The Woodplumpton Witch

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

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Whittle鈥檚 Community Past

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

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Darwen's fatal flood

In 1848, a Darwen dam overflowed killing twelve people in the town centre.

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"They were just young men"

Paul O鈥橤orman uncovers the story behind a monument on the moors above Chorley.

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Turton's weird turrets

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

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