100 Years, 100 Objects: Stories from the Collections of Lancaster City Museums

Come back with us to the night of a local tragedy. We talk to Tim Churchill to find out all about what happened on that fateful night in 1917 at the White Lund projectile filling factory. 

In this episode we look at the life of a black entertainer who was a much-loved Morecambe figure. We speak to Valerie Waterhouse about the fascinating life of James Herns and the rare autobiography that he left behind to tell his story. 

In this episode we are taking a look at one of the rarest textiles in Britain. A fascinating and enigmatic find that shines a light on a mysterious period in our history. The Quernmore shroud was part of a burial, discovered on a fellside, which raised as many questions as it answered. We speak to Carolyn Dalton and Professor Fiona Edmonds to find out more about the shroud, the burial, and the world it comes from.  

Come back to the 1940s with us for a glamourous night when Morecambe resounded with the music of Harlem. We speak to Kirsty Roberts to find out about Adelaide Hall, the famous Jazz singer who brought glamour to the Winter Gardens. 

Jump in to another episode to find out about the history of the Morecambe Cross Bay Swim. We chat with Charlie Overett who worked as a pilot for the swim when he was just 13 years old, to find out more about the experience of those who took part in one of the toughest swimming challenges in the country. 

We're looking at a heroic story from Lancaster's past in this episode. Andrew Walmsley talks to us about the Royal Humane Society Medal and the local people who were awarded it for saving their fellow Lancastrians who fell into the Lune. 

Come with us in this episode and take a step inside the Williamsons linoleum factory. But make sure you follow the rules! We're looking at a rule board from the factory with Inga Jackson to find out more about what life would have been like for the workers.

This episode involves an historic inn, two Victorian authors, and a ghost, all the elements needed for a spooky look into Lancaster's very own ghost story. Find out all about the sinister tale which Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins wrote while staying in the town, and how the tale they created might say more about Victorian society, and a woman's place in it, than might be at first apparent. 

In this episode we get a taste of the not-so-sweet history of sugar, and a merchant who imported it into Lancaster in the Seventeenth Century. Find out more about the man behind a tiny token from the collection, and how sugar became a key battleground in the abolition campaign. 

In today's episode we're examining Sunderland Point through the photographer's lens. We delve into the photographs, and the life, of John Walker, who created a fascinating archive of local views in the late nineteenth and early Twentieth Century.