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Harriet Godden (soft toys) at The Craft & Design Centre in Oak Street

Manchester’s rebranded Northern Quarter is a cool and unconventional place to visit

It was once an area best avoided after dark but now the rebranded Northern Quarter is a cool and unconventional place to visit. Roger Borrell took a tour

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Friargate

Preston - a city with a vibrant culture and a tradition built around trade

Preston has been a centre for trade for centuries and it still draws in shoppers from across Lancashire. Martin Pilkington reports.

PHOTOGRAPHY: KIRTSY THOMPSON

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Silverdale Shore

Silverdale is just the place for jolly japes

A trip to Silverdale takes writer Sue Riley back to an age of fun and frolics.

PHOTOGRAPHY: KIRSTY THOMPSON & John Lenehan

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Ash Street.

The top five reasons to spend a weekend in Bowness

This is the perfect time to visit Bowness, especially if you are planning to make a weekend of it. The place is coming to life after a long hard winter but it hasn’t quite reached its peak of popularity. Here are five of our favourite things to do in this lakeside gem.

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The gardens at Lower Rowell Farm have been developed over 50 years by the Robinson family

Ten glorious gardens for you to visit in Lancashire for the National Gardens Scheme

Lancashire Life leads you up the garden path and into some of the region’s loveliest plots - all for charity

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Style

Strut into Dune and demand a pair of these £79 Demanding pointed leather ankle straps

Summer Fashion - simplicity is the keyword for this season

Sometimes simplicity is the most sophisticated choice for the season, says Jo Haywood.

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Competitive dads will love POLO BLUE SPORT by Ralph Lauren, £60 for 75ml, a new fragrance for the modern, active sportsman.

Father’s Day Gifts - Aftershave and grooming products

Our choice of men’s grooming products to keep dads looking and smelling good for Father’s Day

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Rosie Olivia Millinery

Milliner Rosie Olivia is turning heads - and fans include members of the Royal family and the Made in Chelsea cast

Rosie Norman is happy to let success go to her head – after all, she’s making hats for some of Britain’s most famous women.

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Walks

Looking toward the Village Hall and Riverbank Tearooms which faces the village green

Lancashire Walks - Newton in Bowland

Keith Carter leads a walk from Newton in Bowland, one of Lancashire’s loveliest and most unspoilt villages

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Tanya high above the lakes

Tanya Oliver - From High Heels to High Hills

Tanya Oliver ditched a high flying career, packed her vast collection of shoes and headed for the Lakes. She tells Mark Gilligan about her book.

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LAN May Barton walk

Lancashire Walk - Lancaster Canal and Barton

Keith Carter leads a walk beside the Lancaster Canal and through the countryside around Barton

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LAN May Barton walk

Lake District Walk - Levens Hall

Keith Carter leads a walk through the beautiful grounds of Levens Hall in South Lakeland

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Restaurant Reviews

LAN June Food Review

Pub review - Shireburn Arms, Hurst Green

Walking club members in the home counties were recently bemoaning the fact that all their local pubs were now so posh that they no longer encouraged muddy-booted hikers to cross the threshold.

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Bedroom at Hilton Deansgate Manchester

Short Break - Hilton Manchester Deansgate

The Hilton’s reputation precedes it. Founded in 1919 by Conrad Hilton, in the intervening years it has played host to such events as the creation of the Piña Colada in 1949 and the famous John Lennon and Yoko Ono Bed-in for Peace in 1969, on its way to become one of the world’s most famous brands.

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LVE MAY13 Summer travel

Short Break - Oddfellows Hotel, Chester

Janet Reeder finds a boutique hotel in Chester the perfect location for exploring the city

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Arts

Eric in action at the Roadshow

Eric Knowles and the Antiques Roadshow head to Burnley’s Towneley Hall

Lancashire ceramics expert Eric Knowles is heading home with the Antiques Roadshow team. He spoke to Roger Borrell

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Royal Shakespeare Company production of
HAMLET
with Jonathan Slinger
directed by David Farr

Accrington-born Jonathan Slinger on playing Hamlet for the RSC

Lancashire actor Jonathan Slinger hated school but he is using the experience to help his portrayal of Hamlet, as Paul Mackenzie reports.

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LAN June Artist of the Month

Artist of the Month - Anthony Barrow

This lively painting of Wigan town centre was completed by professional artist and teacher Anthony Barrow in one of his two-hour classes as a demonstration for students.

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LAN May Bury Choir

Bury Choral society still going strong after 175 years

The rhythmic clatter of a cotton mill at full pelt will resonate down the ages when Lancashire hosts a remarkable world premiere this month

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Atkinson Gallery and Library

The £18 million rebirth of The Atkinson is set to become a major attraction for Southport

The £18 million rebirth of The Atkinson is set to become a major attraction for people from far and wide. Roger Borrell takes a look inside. PHOTOGRAPHY: KIRSTY THOMPSON

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Photography

Ravenglass Sunset towards Black Coombe

A View, a Camera and You - Ravenglass

Award-winning photographer Mark Gilligan presents the latest in a series of tips to help you get the best from your camera

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Ravenglass Sunset towards Black Coombe

Lancashire and Lake District Life Reader Photos - June 2013

There is no shortage of inspirational sights around Lancashire and Lakeland and our talented readers are making the most of the beauty on offer. Every month they are out taking brilliant photographs in all corners of the county, and the best thing is that they share the results with the rest of us.

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Duck at Martin Mere, Burscough - Maria Fetherstone

Lancashire and Lake District Life Reader Photos - May 2013

Brilliant reader pictures entered into the Lancashire Life photography competition in association with Wilkinson Cameras

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Food and Drink

LAN June Food Review

Pub review - Shireburn Arms, Hurst Green

Walking club members in the home counties were recently bemoaning the fact that all their local pubs were now so posh that they no longer encouraged muddy-booted hikers to cross the threshold.

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Steve Williams, left, with Andrew Parker

Chef Profile - Steve Williams celebrates ten years at Mellor’s Stanley House Hotel and Spa

The chef at one of our top establishments celebrates a special anniversary.

PHOTOGRAPHY: GLYNN WARD

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Free range duck egg custard tart served with textures of rhubarb, poached, puree, jelly   by Heat winner,  Lee Brown from The Brew House

Lee Brown from The Brew House in Bolton wins 2013 Lancashire Young Chef of the Year

A duck egg and a stick of rhubarb helps the young chef from Blackburn win a top award.

PHOTOGRAPHY: JOHN COCKS

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Cinzia and Maurizio Bocchi with Philippa James

Philippa James visits La Locanda, Gisburn

Maurizio and Cinzia Bocchi combine Italian style with Lancashire ingredients.

PHOTOGRAPHY: KIRSTY THOMPSON

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Competitions

Ribby Hall Village

Win a relaxing break at at Ribby Hall Village, Wrea Green

Win a three-night weekend or a four-night midweek break in a luxury self-catering cottage for up to six people

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Events

LAN May Southport Events

Southport’s magnificent seven events for 2013

There are many reasons for visiting this coastal resort – not least the brilliant shows

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People

LAN June Hidden Gems

Derek J Ripley presses his flares and heads down memory lane to explore Lancashire’s poptastic past.

Every schoolboy knows that the Industrial Revolution started in Lancashire, powered by the three Cs – Cotton, Coal and Chips. But there’s much more to Lancashire than the Industrial Revolution

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Liz Scott, Annia Zalewski, Polly Connor, Sadie Mckeand, Amy Scarisbrick, Adele King and Belle Davies

Jobs for the girls - Ellie Hargreaves meets a group of women who have all made it in roles traditionally occupied by men

Can you spot the plumber, the car mechanic, the shepherdess or the undertaker? Ellie Hargreaves meets women thriving in what was once a man’s world.

PHOTOGRAPHY: KIRSTY THOMPSON

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LAN June Everest Doc

Meet Milnthorpe’s Kirsty Watson - the Everest Base Camp local doctor

A GP from Lancaster has been working in one of the planet’s most hostile environments. Mike Glover spoke to her

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Eric in action at the Roadshow

Eric Knowles and the Antiques Roadshow head to Burnley’s Towneley Hall

Lancashire ceramics expert Eric Knowles is heading home with the Antiques Roadshow team. He spoke to Roger Borrell

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Royal Shakespeare Company production of
HAMLET
with Jonathan Slinger
directed by David Farr

Accrington-born Jonathan Slinger on playing Hamlet for the RSC

Lancashire actor Jonathan Slinger hated school but he is using the experience to help his portrayal of Hamlet, as Paul Mackenzie reports.

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Homes and Gardens

Cushions and a daybed and mattress in material made in Lancashire

John Spencer Textiles in Burnley prove that some traditional industries are still thriving

We are told Britain’s days as a manufacuturing nation are dead and buried. Roger Borrell went to Burnley to prove them wrong

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Banana style seat fronted by spring planting and the moongate

Linda Viney visits takes a tour of the Chinese-inspired plot created by design expert Michele Martin in Southport

The Yellow Book lists hundreds of private gardens you can visit from grand country houses with acres to tiny urban plots, many only open for one day. It combines the chance to wander around other people’s gardens, eat delicious home made cake and pick up an interesting plant.

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Sophia Rose

Sophia Rose - Burscough Wharf’s vintage furniture restorer

A Burscough couple are carving out new careers in furniture, as Paul Mackenzie reports

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Lancashire Properties - New Hall, Wiswall

Lancashire Properties - New Hall, Wiswall

Architects have the go-ahead to build a £2.5million Jacobean-style mansion – all they need is a buyer

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