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Barry Lucas has been called 'Lancaster's Mr Rock 'n' Roll' and between 1969 and 1985 booked every top band and artist to The Great Hall Lancaster Uni - and it was open to everyone. Barry is a very entertaining speaker so you are in for a treat lancastercivicsociety.uk/monthly-meetin…

'Lettered' seaside rock, with the name of Morecambe running though, was invented and first sold by 'Dynamite Dick' in a shop in Pedder Street, Morecambe around 1918/19. He had worked with the explosive TNT at White Lund during the WW1. It's still on sale! lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/05/06/swe…

Bank Holiday Weekend Walk - this weekend we publish guide number 125 to the Lancaster & Morecambe District by their author Gordon Clark. These guides are an unbelievable facility highlighting and promoting what a fantastic area that we live in is. lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/05/05/ban…

Lancaster Uni was a top venue for all the great bands and musicians between 1969/85 and Barry Lucas booked every one. Hear his 'behind the scenes' stories of these great acts on Wednesday 8th May 7:00 pm. It's 'FREE' - book at this link lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/04/29/an-…

Do you remember 'Lettercards' - several pictorial photos done into something akin to an Air Mail letter so you could write a little bit more than "arrived safe, weather nice"? lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/05/03/let…

Paul McCartney rang up and said he was on his way to play at The Great Hall, The Who were all very polite, Chuck Berry wanted payment in advance before an encore......the stories go on, and on lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/04/29/an-…

A Labour Party Conference has been held in Morecambe once only - 1952. Michael Foot, a future leader of the party, described it as ‘rowdy, convulsive, vulgar, splenetic, threatening at moments to collapse into an irretrievable brawl’. lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/04/25/mor…

50 years ago parts the county of Lancashire became part of Cumbria, Greater Manchester or Merseyside. The five authorities of Lancaster City, Morecambe and Heysham, Carnforth, Lancaster District and Lunesdale merged into one on April Fools Day 1974 lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/04/16/on-…

Today Halton has become a commuter suburb featuring Passivhaus homes for Lancaster Cohousing and which now has its own hydro power station in the River Lune lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/04/14/wee…

With the population of Lancaster City around 60,000 and it's District around 140,000, it is one of the very few towns or cities in the country to have two universities. lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/04/13/wee…

Prior to 1797 there was no bridge at Penny Street, Lancaster because there was no need for one. That need arose when the Lancaster Canal was opened, skirting to the east of the town but here going westwards. lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/04/13/wee…

Morecambe's Heritage Centre describes the area as eclectic, idiosyncratic, individual, quirky, spirited, soulful, legendary, timeless, unorthodox, maverick, unpredictable and tranquil. Easier to go and visit than look those words up in a dictionary! lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/04/12/ven…

Morecambe’s earliest coat of arms can be dated to 1852. The emblem basically showed a 3-masted ship in full sail on a shield with the name Morecambe as a basic motto below - lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/04/04/shi…

A park is just a park - or is it? In Lancaster and Morecambe there are four very different parks that serve four very different needs within our local area lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/04/01/eas…

Around 1787 sea bathing started to become fashionable and Sunderland Point reinvented itself as a resort with two inns and a bathing machine - for the discrete changing of clothing lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/03/31/eas…

At its peak the Abbey had income from rents on 35,000 acres (14,170 hectares) in Lancashire, Cumbria and other counties. They also controlled a church in Garstang and one in Mitton (Yorkshire). However income was low due to the poor quality land lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/03/30/eas…

Four fabulous places to visit and enjoy in the Lancaster District this Easter. So, put on your walking boots, pump up your bicycle tyres, put the children in the car, pack the sandwiches and drinks and enjoy our guides this weekend lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/03/29/eas…

Morecambe Musical Society presented in 1957 Plain and Fancy at the Winter Gardens with a list of behind-the-scenes characters as star-studded as those on stage. lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/03/28/mor…

The major Lancaster quarries for the local area in the 1700s were at what is now Williamson Park, Ellel Crag (east of Galgate), Scotch Quarry (Primrose), Caton Moor, Clougha and Ward’s Stone and Greaves. lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/03/24/wee…

There are many lovely walks along the River Lune through Lancaster. The riverside paths are all nearly level and paved except for a short section approaching the Lune Aqueduct from the north bank. lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/03/23/wee…