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Rockin’ the Park, a free weekly concert series that celebrates local music and community, returns to Lancaster for its sixth summer. It takes place in Centennial Park on six Friday
Visit the region’s old mills, as well as its museums, galleries and parks, in the buildup to this year’s British Textile Biennial
An easy walk on both right and left banks of the Ribble offers an abundance of history – and pubs
LOOKING BACK DARWEN WELCOME: Coun W Knowles (the mayor), Charles Haworth (of Greenfield Mill who lived at No 3 with his family; behind Gandhi), the Mahatma (front), Mahadev Desai, Miss Slade and Pyarelal Nayar, in front of the municipal offices MAHATMA Gandhi travelled light. When he made his famous visit to Darwen and the Ribble Valley one weekend in late September 1931 he had just the simple white dhoti and chaddar wraps he always wore. No doubt his small entourage carried a change of outfit. But he left a couple of things behind which would today arouse a lot of interest – two autogr...