The Friends of Real Lancashire

The Lancashire Day Proclamation 2008

Times of readings of the Lancashire Day Proclamation

Wednesday 26th November on the eve of Lancashire Day

Chadderton - on the Town Hall Steps at 1.00pm and Asda Store later.
Bury Market Place - at 11.45am.

Thursday 27th November - Lancashire Day

Ulverston - at the Market Cross at 10.30am
Fleetwood - at Fisherman’s Walk 11.00am
Garstang - at the Market Cross 11.00am
Grange-over-Sands - outside the Post Office at 11.00am.
Nelson - in the Town Centre on the hour from 11.00am to 3.00pm
Shaw & Crompton - Outside the Bluebell Inn, Market Street, Shaw 11.00am.
Standish - at the Market Cross after the laying of a Red Rose at 11.00am
Thornton Cleveleys - outside Little Theatre 11.15am
Carnforth - by the War Memorial 12.00noon
Great Eccleston - in the Market Square 12.00noon
Great Harwood - at Town Gate 12.00noon
Preston - outside the Harris Museum at 12.00 noon
Clitheroe at the Market Place Clock 12.30pm
Galgate - at The Plough Country Club & Dining Room, Main Road at 12.30pm
Rainford - on the steps of the Village Hall at 12.30pm
Rochdale - at the Wheatsheaf Library at 1.00pm
Southport - outside the Scarisbrick Hotel, Lord Street at 1.00pm
Lancaster - on the Steps of the City Museum at 3.30pm
Littleborough - In the Square 5.00pm
Littleborough - at the Royal Oak at 9.00pm
Chorley - Central Library, Union Street at 10.15am

Saturday 29th November

Barrow-in-Furness - at Dalton Road/Portland Walk Junction at 10.00am
Dalton-in-Furness - at Bank Corner, Market Street at 11.00am

And at many other places at various times.

Please try to get along to one of the readings of the Lancashire Day Proclamation
and support our gallant band of Town Criers.

LANCASHIRE DAY EVENTS 2008

This is a list of events connected with the celebration of Lancashire Day 2008
Lancashire Day is Thursday 27th November

Saturday 22nd November

A Lancashire Night - Hot Pot Supper with sweet - music by Penny Black
St Leonard’s Church hall, Marshalls Brow at 7.30pm
Contact Philip Walsh for tickets 01772 745409.

A Lancashire Night - Hot Pot Supper & Lancashire entertainment
for members and friends at West End Bowling Club, Oldham.

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd November

At Marsh Mill Windmill, Thornton Cleveleys - 11.00am to 3.00pm each day there will be an exhibition to promote Lancashire Day and the history of Lancashire. Tea room and gift shop open with tours of this working windmill.

Monday 24th to Friday 28th November

Thornton Library, Victoria Road East, Thornton Cleveleys. Exhibition and events to celebrate Lancashire and Lancashire Day with reading of the Proclamation on Lancashire Day. Contact 01253 869138 for details.

Tuesday 25th November

Hoghton Folk Dance Club - “A Touch of Lancashire” country dancing with supper, etc. 8.00 - 10.00pm Contact 01772 721874 for details.

Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston - a Lancashire quiz with Lancashire food.

Wednesday 26th November

Chadderton Lancashire Day Eve Celebration - Proclamation read on Town Hall steps at 1.00pm followed by procession through the town centre with the Town Crier, Chadderton Standard Bearer, St George’s Flag, Lancashire Flag and retinue of members wearing the Red Rose - wishing everyone a happy Lancashire Day - leaflet distribution with lollypops for the children. A Further reading of the Proclamation at the Asda Store.

Lancashire Day 27th November 2008

Alston Hall College - contact 01772784661 for details & booking
CELEBRATING LANCASHIRE DAY
Demonstration by Ann Farnell showing a variety of dishes using ingredients from around Lancashire.
£32.50 - includes refreshments and lunch. 11am - 4pm

MYTHS & LEGENDS OF OLD LANCASHIRE
Stephen Sartin brings together a collection of myths and legends of old
Lancashire. Some real, some romanticised beyond belief. Fully illustrated
course with slides taken from historical sources.
£31 - includes refreshments and lunch. 11am - 4pm

SOME EAST LANCASHIRE CHARACTERS
Cliff Astin with tales of characters who were all one time inhabitants of
Accrington, Blackburn or Burnley. Some 'top of their tree' others destitute
but lovely. £18 - Evening event starts with 3 course evening meal at 7pm

Bolton - Octagon Theatre - A slide lecture entitled “Folklore and traditions of the North West” by John Doughty at 7.30pm in the Bill Naughton Studio Theatre. Ticket £5 from the booking office 01204 520661

Smithills Coaching House, Smithills Dean Road, BL1 7NR - A Christmas Meal followed by entertainment to celebrate Lancashire Day 12.00-4.00pm £14.50. To book call 01204 840377 - 9.00am to 9.00pm.

Friends of Fleetwood Museum - A Lancashire Night with Hot Pot Supper, entertainment, reading of the Proclamation and Loyal Toast starting at 7.30pm at the Mount Hotel, 57 The Esplanade.
Details from David Pierce 01253 778668.

Fleetwood Library, North Albert St - A Lancashire Hot Pot Supper with entertainment 5.15 to 6.15pm contact 01253 775800 for details.

Great Crosby - Crosby Rotary Club will celebrate both Lancashire Day and Thanksgiving at the Northern Club with a meal followed by the Loyal Toast and an address by a speaker.

Hale - Lancashire most southerly Village - The Freemen are planning to hold a Lancashire Night for members.

Lancashire Telegraph & Preston Citizen
Will be publishing a 16 page supplement on Lancashire Day as well as sponsoring the Lancashire Day Fete on 7th December.

Lancashire WI - a members “Reet Night Out” with Hot Pot Supper and entertainment in the Village Hall at Hurst Green.

Lancaster Castle - a talk by Christine Goodier “The scariest witches in these parts” comparing the Wardstone Chronicles with the Pendle Witches. At 7.30pm in the Castle tickets £2.50 phone 01524 64998 for details.

Lancaster Tourist Office, Castle Hill, Lancaster will have a special display with Lancashire recipes, etc. to mark the day.

Littleborough - Switching on of Christmas Lights and reading of Proclamation. Late night shopping, Lancashire foods, charity stalls, music and children’s rides in the Square 5.00am to 8.00am. Contact 01706 373371 for details.

Littleborough - Royal Oak - A Lancashire Night - Ale tasting ceremony, (if the ale is not up to standard the landlord is put in the stocks), followed by Hot Pot Supper and entertainment with Reading of Proclamation and Loyal Toast at 9.00pm.

Longley Road Club, Worsley - Entertainment by the Houghton Weavers with Lancashire Flipper (Foot) supper contact 0161 790 2446 for details.

Mellor - At Stanley House - A Lancashire Day Lunch organised by Lancashire Life - reception and drinks followed by 4 course lunch and entertainment. Tickets £45 from Stanley House 01254 769200. For more information visit www.lancashirelife.co.uk

Middleton - The Old Grammar School, Boarshaw Road “An Evening with Geoffrey Wellens” at 7.30pm a talk on Old Middleton in Lancashire.
Ticket only event at £6 (including supper) from Jon Migael, Shopping Centre & S Wellens, Long Street. Contact Dorothy Taylor 0161 653 8577 to order vegetarian meal. Bring your own drinks.

Museum of Lancashire, Preston “A Lancashire Neet” Hot Pot Supper with entertainment by “The Land Girls” at 7.30pm. Members & guests £5.
Contact the Museum for details 01772 534075.

Nelson - Lancashire Day Market with entertainment - In the town centre Lancashire Food and Produce - Local schools performing country dancing - dialect readings - Proclamation read on the hour between 11.00am & 3.00pm with the Mayor in attendance. Contact 01282 661962 for details.

Poulton-le-Fylde Library Blackpool Old Road - Talk on Lancashire Dialect by Bob Dobson at 7.30pm. Contact 01253 888900 for details.

Rochdale - Edwin Waugh Dialect Society will mount an exhibition of dialect poetry at the Wheatsheaf Library in the town centre until Saturday 29th. On Lancashire Day there will be readings and recitations of dialect poetry during the day and a reading of the Proclamation at 1.00pm. On Saturday 29th Nov there will be a talk by Brian Hollingworth who recently published the diary of Edwin Waugh. For details contact 01706 343163
Website www.edwinwaughdialectsociety.com

Rochdale - A Lancashire Dinner at Hunter’s Rest Inn, Syke Road, Rochdale at 7.00 for 7.30pm with reading of the Proclamation and Loyal Toast at 9.00pm Contact Alan Marshall 01706 844776.

Royton Local History Society - A Taste of Lancashire Lunch, at 12.15 at Trinity Methodist Church, Radcliffe Street followed by Lancashire entertainment. Ticket £3.50 to be booked in advance at 0161 652 9049.

Royton - The Haggate Inn, Middleton Road - An Evening of Lancashire food, music and dialect readings from 7.30 with the Loyal Toast at 9.00pm.

Sidmouth & District Lancastrian Association will hold a Lancashire Day luncheon meeting at a hotel in Sidmouth with the Loyal Toast and reading of the Lancashire Day Proclamation.

Smithfield Hotel Swan Street Manchester - A BEER FESTIVAL from Thursday 27th - Sunday 30th November with 25 - 30 Lancashire brewed beers contact 0161 839 4424 for details.

Standish - Laying of a Red Rose on the Market Cross followed by a reading of the Proclamation at 11.00am. A meal with musical entertainment and dialect readings in the Unity Club in the evening to commemorate both Lancashire Day and Thanksgiving Day. Ticket £10 from the Parish Office.

Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston - a Lancashire food menu.

Hesketh Arms, Liverpool Road, Rufford - a 3 course menu featuring Lancashire food with entertainment and quiz.

The following Hotels and Public Houses will be holding events to celebrate Lancashire Day.

Guest House, Union Street, Southport - will hold a Lancashire Beer and Food festival Mon 24th to Thursday 27th November with a Lancashire Night on 27th. Phone 01704 537600 for details.

Scarisbrick Hotel, Lord Street, Southport - In the Barons Bar Lancashire Beer and Food 27th November.
The Lancashire Day Proclamation will be read outside the Hotel at 1.00pm. Phone 01704 543000 for details

The Robin Hood, Bluestone Lane, Mawdsley -
A Lancashire Night - 27th November Phone 01704 822202 for details.

Wheatsheaf Hotel, Town Road, Croston - A Lancashire Night - 27th November. Phone 01772 600370 for details.

Eagle & Child, Maltkiln Lane, Bispham Green, Nr Ormskirk
A Lancashire Night 27th November. Phone 01257 462297 for details.

Victoria, St John’s Street, Great Harwood -
A Lancashire Night 27th November. Phone 01254 885210 for details

The Dolphin Inn, Marsh Lane, Longton, Preston -
A Lancashire Night 27th November - Phone 01772 612032. for details.

The Plough Country Club & Dining Room, Main Road, Galgate.
Reading of the Proclamation at 12.30pm. Special menu of local Lancashire dishes on the day. Phone 01524 751337 for details

Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th November

Homestead Farm, Wiggins Lane, Holmeswood, Nr Ormskirk.
A celebration of Lancashire Day with Lancashire produced foods available in the shop and cafe. For details contact 01704 821358 or visit www.homesteadfarmsshop.co.uk

Friday 28th November

“For those who like to work out who dunnit”
Scarisbrick Village Hall - “Murder & Mystery Evening” with supper 7.30pm
the West Lancashire Heritage Association. Contact 01695 573350

Warwickshire - Ashton Lodge Hotel Stretton Under Fosse
A Lancashire Hot Pot Dinner at 7.00pm. Starter may be a Lancashire sausage from Clitheroe way produced by Farmer Jim who cares for his pigs by feeding them with Real Ale; to be precise, Bowland Brewery’s “Hen Harrier Bitter”

Saturday 29th November

A Real Lancashire Lunch with entertainment at 1.00pm in the Church Hall Catherine Street, Winton, Eccles. Contact Geoff Cotterill 0161 794 1227

A Lancashire Night at The Old Friends, Soutergate, Ulverston Food with entertainment by “Live Steam” at 9.00pm contact Jemma 01229 582311.

12th Champagne Breakfast to celebrate Lancashire Day - The Pines Hotel, Clayton-le-Woods, at 10.00 for 10.30am. Ticket £25. Reading of Proclamation and Loyal Toast. Contact Cllr JE Bell 01257 262719.

Ormskirk Cricket Club - A Lancashire Night at the Club, Brook Lane, Ormskirk - phone 01695 572529 for details.

Sunday 7th December

A Lancashire Day Fete - 11.00am to 4.00pm
At the Macdonald Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Blackburn Road, Clayton-le- Moors.
Over sixty stalls including FORL stand - refreshments - bar - etc.

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

Thanksgiving Day in America usually falls on the last Thursday in November and this year co-incides with Lancashire Day. Miles Standish was a military man who sailed to America with the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620. It is believed that he may have been connected with the Standish area of Lancashire. There will be an article about him in The Lancastrian 2009.

Lancashire’s southern boundary.
We are planning to give out leaflets in Warrington town centre and in Widnes near to the market on the Saturday prior to Lancashire Day to let local people know that they still live in Lancashire.Unfortunately, some living in these Lancashire towns imagine that they live in Cheshire.

Bolton Council has unanimously passed a resolution to encourage people in the town to support the celebration of Lancashire Day.

FORL will be presenting a Red Rose to the Mayor of Bolton at the Town Hall on Lancashire Day.