On 3 October 1972, the British Labour Party leader Harold Wilson spoke about Ulster at the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool, Lancashire. He wanted all gun licences to be withdrawn.
Read More »Wilson On Ulster And Gun Licences (1972)On 12 Feb 1972, the British opposition Labour leader, Harold Wilson, delivered a speech at The Labour Party Conference in Blackpool, criticising the Conservative leader, Edward Heath.
Read More »Wilson’s Labour Party Conference Speech (1972)On 5th September 1966, the TUC Conference in Blackpool, Lancashire was filmed for a Pathé newsreel.
Read More »TUC Conference In Blackpool (1966)The opening ceremony of Lancaster University saw the granting of various honorary degrees to notable guests, including the new Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Read More »Wilson: Lancaster University Honorary Degree (1964)
Preston in Lancashire got its first royal charter from King Henry II in 1179. In 2002 Queen Elizabeth II made this historic market town into the City of Preston.
Read More »Preston, Lancashire: Old Photos & Films
In the 1960s the factories of Burnley were still busy producing a wide range of goods and providing a major source of employment to local people. A short film made at the time and now held in the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collection shows Burnley’s factory workers busy in their labours.
Read More »Burnley In The 1960s: Factory Workers
On 21st October 1954, crowds lined the streets of Wigan, St Helens and Liverpool to cheer the royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Read More »Royal Visit 1954: Wigan, St Helens & Liverpool
Lancashire is famous for its historic role in the Plantagenet War of the Roses, its cotton mills which dominated the world’s cotton manufacturing industry of the Industrial Revolution, and famous foods such as the ‘hotpot’ and ‘Lancashire cheese’ which are still enjoyed today.
Read More »Lancashire: Local History Resources