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Another fascinating talk in our series supported by Friends of Lancashire Archives Saturday 12 April 2-3PM at Lancashire Archives The St Anne's Lifeboat Disaster Fund and Victorian Charity - talk by Andrew Walmsley Book at [email protected] or at: events.apps.lancashire.gov.uk/w/webpage/even… Lytham & St Annes (love where you live & visit)

Thanks to our amazing volunteers at Lancashire Archives, you can now search the names of over 30,000 prisoners admitted to Preston Prison between 1888-1914 #EYAJustice #archives #localhistory Search our catalogue, LANCAT, collection reference JAPR: archivecat.lancashire.gov.uk/calmview/Overv…))

The Archives car park will be closed from Mon 31 March to Mon 14 April due to building work. We are sorry for any inconvenience. The service remains open in full. Please let us know if your visit is urgent and you have accessibility requirements needing nearby parking.

On Friday 21 March, Lancashire County Council enters the official "pre-election period" until 1 May Usual activities continue but posts to this channel will be limited to essential information only Newsletters will resume in May lancashire.gov.uk/archives #LancsCCElections

Join us on Thurs 8 May, 10:30-1:30 at Lancashire Archives for a display of original documents including diaries and recordings of peoples' memories of VE Day 80 years ago. Have a FREE cup of tea and try some bakes from an original Ministry of Food cake recipe! #VEDay #Preston

Any excuse to look at our own archive - the reason, our monthly Saturday opening is this week, Saturday 10 May. Hard at work here some of the team from the 1970s in what is now our local history team's office. Booking information to visit at: lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-…

#Clarets Collected has a great new exhibition, Europe and Beyond, marking Burnley FC's European campaigns, at #BurnleyLibrary now! Enjoyed the exhibition? Have a look at the Friends of Lancashire Archives fundraising campaign to help us do even more Clarets Collected! flarchives.co.uk/blog/were-fund…

We love this #archive #photograph of the Mount Pleasant Mothers Class in Accrington. Added to the redrosecollections.lancashire.gov.uk thanks to all the hard work of our volunteers, scanning thousands of photographs of #Burnley, #Colne, #Nelson and #Accrington The National Lottery Heritage Fund Lancashire Libraries

No Nay Never - an Evening with Burnley FC author Dave Thomas #ClaretsCollected presents an evening with Dave Thomas and special Clarets guests at #BurnleyLibrary, When: Monday 19 May 6.30-9.00pm Entry: Free Booking information at: events.apps.lancashire.gov.uk/w/webpage/even…

📣⏰FREE Family History Drop In📣⏰ Friday 16 May, 10am to 12pm Struggling with your family history research? Come and speak to the volunteers from the Preston Family History and Heraldry Society who can help you with your family history research. events.apps.lancashire.gov.uk/w/webpage/even…

#ClitheroeLibrary have produced this beautiful presentation of images from their local history collections. Watch and enjoy Clitheroe's past and present! redrosecollectionsnews.wordpress.com #LocalHistoryMonth #archives #libraries #clitheroehistory

#OrmskirkLibrary are hosting a talk on the village of Halsall for #LocalHistoryMonth Halsall history warts and all - What are Halsall's hidden secrets? For more information please visit our What's On page: events.apps.lancashire.gov.uk/w/webpage/even… Lancashire Libraries

One of our favourite recent deposits was a series of #Preston Guild documents designed by local teacher Fred Green, including this striking poster for the 1952 schools pageant #EYAFunandGames archivecat.lancashire.gov.uk/calmview/Recor…

Burnley FC's promotion and celebrations this year were by no means unique in the club's recent history! Re-live past glories with newspaper special editions, magazines and books held by the #ClaretsCollected collection at #BurnleyLibrary flarchives.co.uk/resources/clar…

We're getting definite #FestivalofBritain vibes from this amazing #Preston Guild pageant poster which was recently deposited at Lancashire Archives as part of the Frederick George Green Collection (reference DDX 3764). #EYAFunandGames

#WelcomeWednesday with a look at some resources you can access in our Archives Searchroom - this week, maps! We hold a huge collection, from historic maps of the County dating from the 1600s, through to Ordnance Survey maps from the 1840s, township maps and town plans.

Our new #ClaretsCollected exhibition, "Europe and beyond: Burnley FC's European competitions and worldwide friendlies", has been officially opened by former Burnley FC Director, Clive Holt – come and relive past glories and recall Clarets games near and far at #BurnleyLibrary!

📣📖❗️NEW EDITION OF ARCHIVES MAGAZINE ON SALE NOW! This edition takes readers across the length and breadth of Lancashire. The magazine is on sale at Lancashire Archives and all Lancashire Libraries priced at £3. #LancashireHistory #archives #lancashire #localhistory

It's Armed Forces Day this month. There are some fascinating #LocalHistory book collections on Lancashire's military heritage to be found at Lancashire Archives and Lancashire Libraries Visit the library catalogue for more: prism.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/lancashire/ #LancashirePrintedCollection

📣🎉 Awarding winning update at Lancashire Archives and Local History! 📣🎉In #NationalVolunteerWeek2025 our own Keeping East Lancashire in the Picture project has won the Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) Volunteering Award 2025 - huge thanks to our wonderful volunteers! The National Lottery Heritage Fund Lancashire Libraries