Retro

Why Archdeacon Michael is leaving Lancashire

Archdeacon Michael Everitt has had many key roles in the Blackburn Diocese. As he prepares to take up a new post at Durham Cathedral he shares memories of his time in Lancashire with Fiona Finch.

Education

Take a look around: Mind-boggling £1.1m Lancashire castle with a moat once visited by Charlotte Brontë

One's home is their castle, or so the truism goes. But that rarely refers to an actual castle. This, however, is an actual castle: Thurland Castle. And you could live in a literal castle and take on the title as Lord for £1,100,000.

Retro

Special Days Alice, Sharon, and Jilly recreating the famous Friends shot of Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe in their dresses.

Making Special Days special since 1996: the Wigan bridal house invested in unique

Working from their three-storey Victorian building in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Special Days Bridal House are in the business of doing what it says on the tin: making your special day just that.

Business

The donkeys gravestone gets a facelift from your My World writer 55 years ago

Fascinating stories connected with these Wigan gravestones...

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane looks back at the tale of the loyal donkey 'Ould Bobby'.

Lifestyle

Artist Chas Jacobs paints 15 iconic landmarks for #WeLoveLancashire campaign

Fifteen original paintings featuring iconic Lancashire landmarks form the centrepiece of a new media campaign for BBC Radio Lancashire.

Lifestyle

Money doesn’t make you happy...but it gives you choice

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane looks at the richest of the rich.

Lifestyle

It's the mid 80s and hundreds of people await the arrival of the Queen at Wigan Pier to perform the official opening ceremony

In pictures: Wigan through the decades

We've trawled through our archives once more to dig out some classic pictures of Wigan and Wiganers from yesteryear.

Lifestyle

The house is set in approximately 1.69 acres.

Enchanting Georgian farmhouse with its own archery lawn yours for £750,000

Enchanting feels like a word from fairy-tales. Something from Snow White or Rapunzel, bringing up ideas of isolated towers, rosebushes, and lush greenery bathed in sunshine. It's imaginary, until you see this home in Lancaster that is...

Business

Wigan came together to remember the extraordinary events of D-Day 75 years later

D-Day 75th anniversary in pictures: Wigan remembers

Wigan came together to remember the extraordinary events of D-Day 75 years later.

Lifestyle

The street where Orwell had his lodgings

Orwell's experience of Wigan coloured by stay at uncleanly tripe shop

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane looks back at the visit of George Orwell to our town...

Lifestyle

D-Day 75 years on: They paid the ultimate price

Around 4,400 Allied troops paid the ultimate price for ensuring D-Day was one of the most successful military operations the world has ever seen.

Lifestyle

Rev David Long at a soldier's grave at The Somme

Remembering the names of the Wigan soldiers who lost their lives on D-Day

The names of the dozen Wigan men who fell on D-Day and their fellow soldiers who gave their lives in Normandy are being remembered.

Lifestyle

Vehicles and soldiers arriving on the beaches of Normandy

Wigan to come together to remember 75 years since D-Day

The borough will come together next week to recall the sacrifice of those who fought on D-Day 75 years ago.

Lifestyle

Here is where you can enjoy a miniature railway ride in Lancashire and Wigan

What better way to explore a park or zoo than a leisurely ride on a miniature train?

Lifestyle

Rustic panache: Stunning 22-room barn conversion on the market for £895,000

Ostensibly, to say you live in a barn these days is very much a boast rather than an admission. Barn conversions are all the rage owing to the fact that barns are large, nicely made out of brick, and usually situated in gorgeously rural settings. We all love a barn conversion.

Business