The Friends of Real Lancashire

The Lancashire Day Proclamation was read out throughout the County of Lancashire and in many places where Lancastrians are living in exile.

Saturday 24th November

Barrow-in-Furness - Dalton Rd/Portland Walk junction at 10.00am
Dalton-in-Furness - Bank Corner Market Street at 11.00am

Sunday 25th November

Ulverston at the Market Cross at 9.45am

Tuesday 27th November - Lancashire Day

Fleetwood at Fisherman’s Walk at 11.00am
Garstang at the Market Cross at 11.00am
Grange-over-Sands outside the Post Office at 11.00am
Royton on the Library steps at approx 11.00am (See local press)
Southport outside the HSCB Bank Lord Street at 11.00am
Southport outside the Scarisbrick Hotel at 11.15am
Marsh Mill Thornton Cleveleys at 11.30am
Carnforth by the War Memorial at 12.00 noon
Chadderton at the Town Hall at 12.00 noon and then in the Shopping Precinct
Clitheroe Under the Market Square Clock at 12.00 noon
Great Harwood in the Town Square at 12.00 noon
Preston by the Cenotaph outside the Harris Museum at 12.00 noon
Shaw outside the Blue Bell Inn at 12.00 noon
Nelson in the town centre at 12.00 noon and other times
Ormskirk by the Clock Tower in the Market Place at 12.30pm
Kirkham at the Old Market Square at 1.00pm
Great Eccleston in the Market Square at 1.30pm
Galgate at The Plough Inn at 2.00pm
Lancaster on the steps of the City Museum at 3.00pm in the presence of the Mayor and Mayoress.
Littleborough during the evenings events between 5.30 - 7.30pm
Royton in “The Haggat” public house at 9.00pm

This is a list of events connected with the celebration of Lancashire Day 2007.
Lancashire Day was Tuesday 27th November.

Wednesday 21st November

A Lancashire Night at Crosby CHA Club for members at 8.00pm.

Friday 23rd November

A Lancashire Night featuring “The Lancashire Hotpots”, also featuring “Lancashire Brass”, “Incognito” alongside tributes to George Formby & Gracie Fields. Hosted by BBC Radio’s Jane Hodson & Ben Thomson at Thwaites Empire Theatre Blackburn. 7.30pm Box Office 01254 680137.

Potato Pie Supper & Lancashire entertainment. Organised by the Royton Local History Society. at St Paul’s Parish Hall, Downey House, Church Street. Ticket £5 - to book ticket phone 0161 652 3050 .

Saturday 24th November

A Lancashire Lunch at 1.00pm with Loyal Toast, dialect readings, poetry and songs in the Church Hall, Catherine St, Winton, Eccles - ticket £3.
Contact Fr David Sutton for details Tel: 0161 788 8991.

A Lancashire Night of Nights at St Leonard’s Church Hall, Marshall’s Brow at 7.30pm with The Fireside Fusiliers and Special Guest Star Olivia Neville in her one woman show - Summat an’ Nowt. Tickets £10 from Philip Walsh 01772 745409. Bar - Hot Pot and Home Made Apple Pie.

Lancashire & Lakes Region Honda Motorcycle Goldwing Owners Club will be at the Fish Market in Preston to collect for the North West Air Ambulance as part of their celebration of Lancashire Day. Contact Frank Goodman Tel: 07949 811319

Homestead Farm, Wiggins Lane, Holmeswood, Nr Ormskirk.
Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November - A weekend celebration with Lancashire produced foods on sale in the shop and cafe. Lancashire foods to taste with a chance to meet the producers. Dialect readings on Sunday. A raffle in aid of charity with Lancashire goods as prizes.
Tel: 01704 821358 for further details.

Warrington Town Centre afternoon of Saturday 24th November
Members of the Friends of Real Lancashire will be distributing leaflets about Lancashire Day and Warrington’s Lancastrian heritage to shoppers in the town centre.

Sunday 25th November

Wyreside Ecology Centre, River Road, Thornton Cleveleys. Celebrating all things Lancashire - Children’s activities, Lancashire gifts and books, Dewley Cheese, Reedy’s Preserves, Watch wood wild life sculpture Roy Richardson at work. History guided walk at Skippol. Tel: 01253 857890 for details.

Tuesday 27th November - Lancashire Day

Flying Shuttle the Official Beer of Lancashire Day

Thwaites Brewery is celebrating two hundred years of brewing excellence this year and have produced “Flying Shuttle” as a tribute to the Lancashire Cotton Industry. The invention of the “Flying Shuttle” enabled workers to weave faster and transformed textile making into an industry. As production increased so did workers thirst for Thwaites Ales! Evocative of the era, this well balanced, lightly hopped, nutty ale is perfectly crafted to restore vigour after a hard days work. Bottled “Flying Shuttle” will also be on sale at Booth’s supermarkets from the middle of September.

Thwaites are planning to involve some two hundred of their pubs and free houses in the celebration of Lancashire Day with “Flying Shuttle” and food supplied by Wallings (Sausages & Burgers), Sandhams (Cheese) and Hollands (Hot Pot) and there will be a Lancashire Quiz.

Alston Hall, Longridge Tel: 01772 784661 for details.
11.00am - 4.00pm one day course “Manchester: Lancashire’s First Industrial City” Tutor John Doughty fee £30.
7.00pm Join Jeff & Lynn Hoyle for a laugh and a sing as they take a sometimes humorous trip down Lancashire’s colourful past - begins with dinner at 7.00pm fee £18

Hoghton Folk Dance Club’s own Lancashire Night at Hoghton Village Hall at 8.00pm. Lancashire Dances, Hot Pot Supper T.B.C. Live Music, Town Crier, Clog Dancer & Singer.
For details phone 01257 852907.

Royton Library A Lancashire talk and reading of the Proclamation.
Lancashire Evening in a Royton Pub phone 0161 652 3050 for details.

Cemetery Hotel 470 Bury Road Rochdale - will have a special menu of Lancashire dishes using Lancashire produced foods. Contact 01706 645635 for reservations.
Look for the Lancashire flag flying outside.

The Old Grammar School Trust presents an Evening with Geoffrey Wellens at 7.30pm in the Old Grammar School, Boarshaw Road, Middleton. Ticket in advance at £6 to include supper - bring your own drinks. Tickets from Jon Migael at Middleton Shopping Centre, or S Wellens on Long Street. Tel: 0161 653 8577 for postal tickets and to book a vegetarian meal.

Lancashire WI will be holding a coffee morning to celebrate Lancashire Day at their HQ. Room 16, Croston House, Centurion Way, Lancashire Business Park, Leyland. Tel: 01772 459020 for details.

Lancaster Tourism Office - Castle Hill, Lancaster will mount a display for Lancashire Day.

Lancaster Castle and Judges Lodgings - will hold a special Dark History Tour starting at the Judges Lodgings at 7.00pm before continuing to the Castle where traditional Lancashire fare will be served. Limited places so book early at the Castle box office Tel: 01524 64998.

Lancashire Telegraph - a 16 page supplement is planned for Lancashire Day to help promote Our County Day and provide readers with lots of information about Lancashire.

Nelson Town Centre - Lancashire Day celebration in large marquee with free samples of Lancashire Tea. Jelly Baby tasting. Huntley’s Ice Cream. Local baker with pasties, etc for sale. Brass Band. Mayor of Borough of Pendle in attendance for reading of the Lancashire Day Proclamation.
Contact Diane Sumpton for details Tel: 0128 661981.

Rochdale at the Hunter’s Rest A Lancashire Dinner with reading of the Proclamation and Loyal Toast. Book a place by contacting Alan Marshall Tel: 01706 844776

The following Public Houses will celebrate Lancashire Day with Lancashire Beers and Foods with additional entertainment in some:-

Dolphin Inn, Marsh Lane, Longton, Preston. Tel: 01772 612032
Barons Bar at Scarisbrick Hotel, Lord St, Southport. Tel: 01704 543000
Guest House, Union St, Southport. Tel: 01704 537600
The Legh Arms, The Gravel, Mere Brow, Tarleton. Tel: 01772 812359
The Hastings, Hastings Place, Lytham. Tel: 01253 732839
The Victoria, St Johns St, Great Harwood. Tel: 01254 885210
The Robin Hood, Bluestone Lane, Mawdsley. Tel: 01704 822202
The Plough Inn, Main Road, Galgate. Tel: 01524 751337
The Royal Oak, 41 Church St, Littleborough, OL15 8AB. Tel: 01706 371346

Royton at The Haggate pub a Lancashire Night with reading of the Proclamation and Loyal Toast at 9.00pm with Lancashire food and entertainment. Contact Marjorie Ashmore Tel: 0161 652 3050

West Lancashire Heritage Association - Viking Blood - The Results
A lecture on the results of investigations carried out on the Wirral and in West Lancashire into the influence of the Vikings on the people and places of the area by:-

Judith Jesch - Professor of Viking Studies at Nottingham University
Mark Jopling - Professor of Genetics at the University of Leicester
Steve Harding - Professor of Bioscience at the University of Nottingham

At 7.00pm in the Conference Room, David Lloyd Leisure Centre, Arbour Lane, Knowsley (Junction 6 M57). Ticket £6 inc refreshments. Contact Patrick Dorothy Aindow.

The Vikings arrived in the area in 902 and in 2001 the BBC launched the series “Blood of the Vikings”. As part of the series 2000 men were tested to see if they had genetic material comparable to men in the Viking homelands of Norway and Denmark.

Littleborough
The Lancashire night celebrations will start at 5.30pm and will incorporate the switching on of Littleborough’s Christmas lights, by the Mayor of Rochdale, councillor Peter Evans at 6.30pm. The 'proclamation will be read by Gordon Monks, followed by Morris dancers, brass bands, folk singers/artistes and hopefully some form of street entertainers.
The local pubs/eateries will be serving traditional food (pie & peas etc).

Sidmouth and District Lancastrian Association will be holding a Lancashire Lunch at the Tumbling Wier Hotel, Ottery St Mary, Devon.

Boundary event
For a number of years we have marked Lancashire Day with a joint lunch with the Saddleworth White Rose Society at a pub close to the Lancashire/Yorkshire border. This year we are planning to hold an event close to the Lancashire/Cheshire border in the Warrington area.

Thursday 29th November

Swinton Lions - Lancashire and Folk Evening - at The Folly
In association with the White Lion Folk Club, with a selection of artists plus of course your traditional "hot-pot supper". Tickets, including supper £5 are now available at the club shop or Tel: Rob 0161 793 5441.

A Lancashire Night - Crosby Rotary Club meet at the Northern Club Great Crosby for a Lancashire meal with with Loyal Toast and speaker.

A Lancashire Night - The Freemen of Hale will meet at the Childe of Hale. During the evening there will be a competition for who can tell the best story or anecdote with a Lancashire flavour. A silver model of Stephenson’s Rocket will be presented to the winner to hold for a year.

A Lancashire Beer Festival with ten Lancashire brewed guest beers, will be held at the Smithfield Hotel, Swan Street, Manchester from Thursday 29th Nov to Sunday 2nd Dec.
Contact Jennifer Poole Tel:0161 839 4424

Friday 30th November

A Lancashire Night at Longley Road Club, Longley Road, Walkden with entertainment by John Eatock of the Five Penny Piece, including a Lancashire Supper and bar.
Contact Mr Holmes 0161 799 7249.

Coventry Lancastrians will be holding a Lancashire Dinner at Ashton Lodge Hotel, Stretton under Fosse. Tel: John Hartley 024 7650 2333.

Saturday 1st December

11th Champagne Breakfast to celebrate Lancashire Day
The Pines Hotel, Clayton-le-Woods, at 10.00am for 10.30. Ticket £25
The Lancashire Day Proclamation will be read followed by the Loyal Toast.
Contact Cllr JE Bell Tel: 01257 262719

Sunday 2nd December

A Lancashire Day Fete at Macdonald Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Blackburn Road, Clayton-le-Moors with 65 stalls selling Lancashire goods, including FORL’s stand 11.00am-4.00pm. Contact Jane Carter or Melanie Clements on 01254 298387 or 01254 298386.

The above are those Lancashire Day events that we are aware of at the beginning of November, there will be many more.