Simon Entwistle remembers Private James Pitts who was awarded the Victoria Cross.
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Blackburn hero's "no surrender"
The Woodplumpton Witch
In the 17th century, Prestonian Meg Shelton was accused of witchcraft.
Whittle鈥檚 Community Past
The long history behind the site which is now home to a surgery.
Darwen's fatal flood
In 1848, a Darwen dam overflowed killing twelve people in the town centre.
"They were just young men"
Paul O鈥橤orman uncovers the story behind a monument on the moors above Chorley.
Turton's weird turrets
Paul O'Gorman visits a Lancashire landmark tower with a distinctive turreted bridge.