Visit Lancashire

Sunday Lunch in Lancaster

I called in at the Foodworks restaurant at the Lancaster House Hotel for Sunday Lunch last week (8 November) and I have to say the meal was fantastic value for money. The food was first class and service was superb.  For £13 you can enjoy two courses and for £16 you can have three, in what can only be described as real Lancastrian surroundings. There are images around the walls to remind you of the County’s former manufacturing past that made Lancashire the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

However, the decor in the restaurant is contemporary with subtle lighting effects that create a relaxing dining ambience to compliment the traditional Sunday lunch menu.

By Mike Wilkinson

A Fabulous Evening ...

Being in the thousand strong audience when ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ returned to the world famous Tower Ballroom for the first time in 5 years was a fantastic experience to be a part of.

My favourite moment of the show was when Chris Hollins, claimed the audience had inspired him to do so well. Unfortunately the local lad, Craig Kelly dancing the Cha-cha-cha with Flavia Cacace, only managed a score of 17 from the 4 judges was voted off the show after being in the dance off with Ricky Groves and Erin Boag.

Do ghosts roam around Lancaster Maritime Museum?

Do ghosts roam around Lancaster Maritime Museum? Well, personally I remain unconvinced, but the team from Living TV's 'Most Haunted Live' were certainly giving it their best shot to find them. They came to the Maritime Museum as part of the 2009 Halloween special 'Eight Faces of Evil'. As it is live TV, I think they were asking a lot to expect ghosts to perform on cue and for much of the evening they appeared to be in hiding. But Ouija board activity in our fisherman's cottage display and the sense of a murder in the stores of our 18th century warehouse maybe suggested otherwise.  The next day a perceptive visitor remarked that our ghosts 'had all been upset' by the TV crew's interference the night before – but I've yet to find any evidence. Nothing has moved, there are no orbs or spooky groans and, for me, Lancaster Maritime Museum remain a very friendly place to be. But if people want to come down and test the atmosphere for themselves and see if sprits are at play, that's fine by me. All visitors are welcome!

Michelle Cooper, Assistant Keeper, Lancaster Maritime Museum.

Young Explorers at Clitheroe Castle

Many museums offer trails and treasure hunts for little ones, but I thought the recently redeveloped Clitheroe Castle Museum did it particularly well. As well as the tick list of objects to find and draw, they provided some great props to get children into the theme, in the form of an explorer’s hat and a brightly coloured rucksack containing a magnifying glass, pencil and sharpener (useful addition). This certainly kept my children happy – the four year old was volunteered by the other two to wear the hat and carry the backpack while they helped her find everything on the list.