CUE THE MUSIC When Morecambe charity ‘More Music’ set-up home in ‘The Hothouse’ in 1996; they were breathing new life into a building which had served as a place of entertainment for a century. Small, but beautifully formed; this distinctive red brick building is well-known to residents of the West…
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Special Delivery
LuneKids deliver history lesson Postboxes are a common sight all over the UK. In every city, town or village, you will find the familiar red boxes belonging to Royal Mail. But have you ever noticed there are different types? Around 800, according to the experts. The first box was introduced…
FUEL FOR THE FEW
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers…” (Henry V by William Shakespeare) Its 20th August 1940 and Prime Minister Winston Churchill turns to The Bard for inspiration, when delivering a speech on the ongoing struggle in the skies over England. Britain’s destiny hangs in the balance. The threat…
Road Trip
LuneTube Hits the Road It’s time to pack up the LuneTubemobile and head for the country. We’re off to Silverdale, just outside Carnforth. To be more specific, Trowbarrow Quarry, the location of our film ‘An Explosive Tale’. If you haven’t watched that one, we recommend you take a look; it’s…
Snowdrops
SNOWDROPS From hidden bulb the flower reared up Its angled, slender, cold, dark stem Whence dangled an inverted cup For tri-leaved diadem (From ‘The Snowdrop’ by Walter de la Mare, 1929) Springtime for LuneTube There are few clearer signals that spring is on the way than the…
Link to the Past
LuneTube Presents a Link to the Past This week, the LuneTube time machine takes us back to Georgian Lancaster; a period when walking the streets after sunset could be full of danger! As a busy trading port, Lancaster had its fair share of wealthy inhabitants; but the streets were…
Pebbles of Poulton
LuneTube Rediscovers the Village of Poulton – a place of pebbles There was a settlement at Poulton-le-Sands since at least the time of the Domesday Book (when it was recorded as Poltune). For centuries, Poulton was a small settlement centred around fishing on Morecambe Bay. But all that changed…
The Bridge On The River Lune
There are many rivers to cross… …Well, in this case, just the River Lune in Lancaster. Ask Lancastrians of a certain vintage and they will recall a time when Skerton Bridge was the main route for vehicles to cross the river in and out of the city. Yes, there were other…
Architectural Remains
LuneTube Film in Search of Architectural Remains In April 2017, a long-running controversy once again made headlines, when the charity which runs Bristol concert venue The Colston Hall, announced its name would change when it re-opens in 2020, after refurbishment. You may wonder why this would prove so contentious; but it…
Piping What?
LuneTube film about unidentified street furniture in Bare Morecambe For years, residents of the Morecambe suburb of Bare have been puzzled by strange objects in their midst. A BARE MYSTERY These items of street furniture have been the subject of conjecture and debate; with many coming up with their…