Did You Know?

• In Stacksteads, a village near Bacup, there is an annual event which has to rank among the wackiest in the country’s sporting calendar: the Gravy Wrestling competition.
• According to legend King Arthur’s mighty sword Excalibur is lying at the bottom of Lancashire’s deepest lake, Martin Mere.
• In Wigan, Eccles cakes used to be called ‘slow walking cakes’ because they were offered to mourners at funerals.
• St Walburge’s Church in Preston was named after the patron saint of people suffering from rabies.

The Little Book of Lancashire is fun and informative guide to the things you did not know about this amazing part of England.

Whether you want to sit down and read it cover to cover or dip into it for hilarious facts and anecdotes, this book will delight both visitors to this beautiful county and the residents who call it home.

About the AuthorAlexander Tulloch was born in Liverpool long before the boundary so considers himself a native Lancastrian. He has also been married to a genuine Lancashire lass for nearly 60 years and has spent a large part of that time in the county. He is also a graduate of Manchester University, a city which was also very much part of Lancashire before 1974.Book InformationISBN 9781803991092Author Alexander TullochFormat PaperbackImprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press Ltd