34 episodes
Explore the History and Heritage of Lancaster, Morecambe and Surrounding District Lancaster Civic Vision
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- Society & Culture
Podcasts based on the over one hundred guides and walks written by Gordon Clark published on our web page at www.lancastercivicsociety.uk, heritage buildings and items from Lancaster Past & Present by Andrew Reilly as well as any matters of significance that Civic Vision feel that residents, and those interested in the area, should be made aware of.
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A Tale of Two Liners
The magnificent ocean liners Majestic and Berengaria both ended in the Morecambe area - the Majestic to be broken up at Ward's shipbreakers and the Berengaria as the name for a new holiday camp at Heysham that promised 'cruising on land'.
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We Lived by the Tides at Sunderland Point
I was born in number 16 Second Terrace in the middle of the 1930s. My dad was a fisherman just like his father before him and there are photographs of my grandad in the Maritime Museum in Lancaster.
So starts this podcast of the memories of a lady who spend her younger years living on Sunderland Point where her daily life was governed by the Morecambe Bay tides.
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Morecambe's Towering Attraction
In the early 1900s Morecambe made a bid to compete in the seaside towers wars with a modest 232 foot structure.
What it lacked in height it more than made up with in elegance and exoticism.
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Lancaster's Canalside Mills - a short walk
A short three quarter of a mile stroll discovering Lancaster's eight canalside mills which were once at the heart of the local economy, whilst at the same time seeing another side of the city.
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Ashton Hall
The Manor of Ashton was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086. The first major building we know of on the site was erected in 1381 by Edmund Lawrence.
The Hall now belongs to Lancaster Golf Club, the parkland ideal for an 18-hole course.
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Rowing and Rivalries
There has been a long history of rowing as a sport in the Lancaster and Morecambe area. Early records show there was gig racing on Morecambe Bay and rowing races on the River Lune based at Snatchems Inn.
The first regattas were held in 1842 and they even featured in a
Royal Commission into electoral bribery in 1865.
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