Paul O'Gorman discovers the famous novelist found inspiration in the Lancashire landmark.
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Did Charles Dickens save Hoghton Tower?
Turton's unexpected guest
Some recollections of Turton Tower have a hint of the supernatural,
The Whittle Millstones
Paul O'Gorman hears how Whittle-le-Woods and bread making have a shared history.
A Whittle-le-Woods disaster
Historian Boyd Harris visits the site of a former factory that was destroyed by fire.
The Blackburn Giant
Frederick Kempster stood out head and shoulders above the rest.
Blackburn hero's "no surrender"
Simon Entwistle remembers Private James Pitts who was awarded the Victoria Cross.
The Woodplumpton Witch
In the 17th century, Prestonian Meg Shelton was accused of witchcraft.
Whittle鈥檚 Community Past
The long history behind the site which is now home to a surgery.
Darwen's fatal flood
In 1848, a Darwen dam overflowed killing twelve people in the town centre.
"They were just young men"
Paul O鈥橤orman uncovers the story behind a monument on the moors above Chorley.
Turton's weird turrets
Paul O'Gorman visits a Lancashire landmark tower with a distinctive turreted bridge.