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Hidden Lancashire

Explore fascinating stories from Lancashire.

Radio Lancashire,53 episodes

Episodes

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Whittle-le-Woods wayside weeping stone
The hidden story behind some of Lancashire roadside stones.
22 Jul 2024,3 mins
Finding Fleetwood's famous point
Paul O'Gorman heads off to the Wyre coast to discover the historic Rossall Point
22 Jul 2024,3 mins
Fleetwood's American tragedy
The tragedy of Captain Arthur Sinclair and the crew of the Leila that capsized in 1865.
22 Jul 2024,4 mins
Fleetwood's The Goth "just disappeared"
Historian Dave Pearce remembers how twenty one men died aboard a Fleetwood trawler.
22 Jul 2024,4 mins
Brinscall's wartime secret
Local historian Debbie Pope climbs the West Pennine moors to show us a wartime decoy.
19 Jul 2024,3 mins
The lost farms of Brinscall
Paul O'Gorman hears about a number of farms that have gone missing from Brinscall Moors.
15 Jul 2024,4 mins
The jealous Doctor Ruxton
Historian Peter Wade visits Lancaster to tell the true story of murderer Dr. Buck Ruxton.
15 Jun 2024,4 mins
The "proud and mighty" Woodend
Paul O'Gorman digs into Burnley's mining history where miners walked down to 700ft.
03 Oct 2023,4 mins
A blueprint for fingerprints
Paul O'Gorman hears how mass fingerprinting of men in Blackburn solved a murder case.
01 Oct 2023,4 mins
A square of squares
Steve Harrison explains how Preston's Winckley Square wasn't always one big square.
01 Oct 2023,3 mins
In the shadow of a Tockholes church
Historian Debbie Pope visits a distinctive grave near St. Stephen's Church in Tockholes.
10 Sep 2023,3 mins
Pilling's most famous pig
Historian Dave Pearce traces the tracks of the Pilling Pig.
10 Sep 2023,3 mins
What happened to Wyre Light?
The first screwpile lighthouse was built off the Fleetwood coast. What happened to it?
06 Sep 2023,3 mins
Morecambe's empty gateway
The entrance to Poulton Hall stands proudly in Morecambe, but where is the hall?
17 Aug 2023,3 mins
Westminster now sitting in Clitheroe
Paul O'Gorman discovers a piece of Westminster sitting in Clitheroe Castle.
13 Aug 2023,3 mins
Morecambe's Poulton le Sands
Historian Peter Wade explains why an area of Morecambe is really Poulton-le-Sands.
06 Aug 2023,3 mins
A Wheelton myth?
Paul O'Gorman goes in search of an underground passage and a lost mill.
04 Aug 2023,4 mins
What lies beneath the M61?
Paul O'Gorman goes in search of a piece of history buried in Whittle-le-Woods.
03 Aug 2023,2 mins
The holy well at Hollinshead Hall
Between Abbey Village and Tockholes stands one of the UK's best preserved holy wells.
30 Jul 2023,3 mins
Why Lancaster's Victoria is amused
Dalton Square's iconic statue is more than a tribute to Queen Victoria.
25 Jul 2023,3 mins
Hidden Lancashire: Bretherton's Bank Hall gem
Paul O'Gorman hears the history of Bretherton's Grade II listed Jacobean mansion.
16 Jul 2023,4 mins
Blackpool's vintage cinema
Paul O'Gorman explores the secrets behind Blackpool's century old Regent Cinema.
13 Jul 2023,4 mins
Rivington's pigeon crown
Paul O'Gorman visits Rivington Pike to climb the recently restored Pigeon Tower
12 Oct 2022,3 mins