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    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Stephanie Fallon and Our Green Warrington
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Liverpool Pals Memorial Committee
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Hugo Webb
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Eric Simms
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Sammy Jane Nye - Darwin Community Helpers
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Keep Darwin Tidy
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Canalside Activity and Environment Centre - Blackburn
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Peter Sweetmore
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    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Olive Riley
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Neil Whittingham
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - KTB Music - Kate Bradley
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - The Mulberry Community Project
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Julieann Seaton
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Karen O'Connor
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - John Gilmore
    •  Lancastrian Awards 2023 - Helen Crane & Gilly Atkinson
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    •  The Beginning of the Confusion
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  • New Westmorland sign on the A6070.
  • The High Sheriff Sharman Birtles, with Steve Holt, Bill Lloyd, Mr Birtles &  Kieth Howarth
  • Horwich Prize Medal Morrismen - East Lancashire Railway
  • Littleborough clog dancers - East Lancashire Railway
  • The coco-nutters in full swing - East Lancashire Railway
  • Mathers Lancashire Business Certificate
  • Lancastrian Awards 2024 - Rewden Kerr
  • The site of the Eastern Marker
  • Fly Bye
  • Tame sign
  • The Lancastrian Awards
  • Lancastrian Awards 2024 - Tony Nixson
  • New Tame Sign
  • Presentation of Business Certificate to Mathers Bolton
  • New Farnworth Sign
  • The Replacement Sign on the A59
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President

  • Andrew John Gwynne (MP)

Chairman

  • Mr Philip Walsh

Patrons

  • His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch
  • The Rt Revd Dr D.S. Walker, Bishop of Manchester
  • Sir Bernard de Hoghton Bt DL.
  • The Rt Hon Sir Robert Atkins
  • The Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP (Chorley)
  • Seema Kennedy OBE
  • Brian Simpson OBE
  • Dr Kadaba Vasudev DL FRCPath
  • Dr John Whittaker (Lancaster University)
  • Terry Wynn MSc
  • Sajjad Karim 
  • Coun. Dr John Pugh (Southport)
  • Major (Ret'd) Annette Walsh
  • B Wrigley (Lytham-St-Anns)
  • Cat Smith MP (Lancaster & Wyre)

Poet Laureate for the Historic County of Lancashire

  • Steve Williams

Life Members

  • D Rhodes (Harrogate)
  • R B P Woolstencroft (Carnforth)
  • M Blampey (Kingsley, Australia)
  • M J Philips (Pendlebury)
  • J Begin (Croydon)
  • D Wright (Rotherham)
  • Canon G Almond (Eccleston)
  • L A Brown (Eccleston)
  • T Wynn (Wigan)
  • R Daley (Kendal)
  • A G Schofield (Rossendale)
  • I Upton (Bolton)
  • J B Holden (Kirby Lonsdale)
  • E S Rowley (London)
  • S Hartley (Barnoldswick)
  • Anon (London)
  • S M Sadler (Preston)
  • K S Heywood (Wigan)
  • A N Other (London)
  • A J D Carter (Ontario Canada)
  • T Knowles (Adlington)
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