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Lancaster maps
Historic maps of Lancaster and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Lancaster maps
Lancaster Jigsaws
We have just a few copies left of a 1,000 piece Jigsaw of Lancaster. The featured photograph is The Town Hall 1912, Lancaster.
Why not create your own Jigsaw for Lancaster from 4 favourite Frith photos of the area? Available as 520 piece or 1,000 piece Jigsaws, you can choose any four Lancaster photos, or choose photos from other places too.
Lancaster area books
Displaying 1 of 16 books about Lancaster and the local area. View all books for this area
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Memories of Lancaster
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Wrong Bridge!
This is Crook of Lune railway viaduct, between Halton & Caton.
Penny Bridge is a road bridge, from Halton village to former Halton railway station.
LRGS
This is the Old Building, showing the Headmaster's house, and boarding house. The teaching part, "Big School" is hidden by the tree. The New Building was built across the road. The School has now expanded enormously, and is co-educational! Not when I was there!
River Lune
Green Ayre railway station on the left, with the Greyhound Bridge curving across the river. The bridge is now a road bridge. Most of the station is Sainsbury's supermarket, car park, and a riverside park "heritage centre".
Asylum
Proper name is the Royal Albert Hospital, not as we used to call the "looney bin".
It is the second Asylum in Lancaster, the other being the Moor Hospital, or County Mental Institution. I worked in the kitchens here. A very spooky place full of gloomy atmosphere.
Market Place
Market Square and its subterranean (underground) toilets on the left. They always used to smell ghastly! A couple of years after this, Market Square became almost a Bus Station, with stops for all city destinations. The big "CAFE" sign was the Cinema (Empire?) now WH Smith.
Priory Church
The railed monument left of the tower contains a statue of a recumbent lady. Us kids said it was the tomb of a woman who fell or jumped from the tower. Never did find out who it really was. Anyone else know?
'orrible Murder
1911. The celebrated Bingham murder by poisoning mystery. They were keepers of the castle. LOOK IT UP. A fascinating case.
Horseshoe Corner
For many years a horseshoe lay in the centre here. It was rumoured to be where John O'Gaunt's horse cast a shoe!
