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

We talk to Professor Catherine Walshe about this card, which signified the presence of Diphtheria in Lancaster in the 1930s. We discuss how the disease spread, how people coped with it, and the parallels that can be drawn with the COVID pandemic. 

Come with us on a trip through the undergrowth of Lancashire about 11,000 years ago, to find out about this fascinating animal with Dr Chris Donaldson. Find out more about the world it lived in, and the people it might have encountered. 

We talk with Andrew White, former head of museums in Lancaster, about one of his favourite objects in the collection. A beautiful games compendium made by prisoners of war held at Lancaster Castle.   

We chat with Peter Wade to find out everything you ever wanted to know about the Lancastrian who invented the word 'dinosaur'...Richard Owen. 

We're unlocking the history of one of Lancaster's most iconic buildings, Lancaster Castle. Join us as we talk to Graham Kemp, former Assistant Keeper at the Castle, to find out more about why there is a castle in Lancaster, what it has been used for, and how it became a wonderful tourist attraction for the area.  

Come out with us to the pictures. We talk with Professor Bruce Bennett about this fascinating programme from a cinema in Lancaster in the 1920s. We learn about the films that people were watching, the places they were watching them in, and the unusual claims of the proprietors that they were helping keep people alive. 

We're heading back to the Bronze Age in this episode as we talk to Alex Hale about an axe head which is just one part of the wonderful Scotforth Hoard. Find out how people lived in the Lancaster area around 3,000 years ago, and what we can tell about their lives from the objects they made, used, and left behind. 

Lets take a walk through Roman Lancaster. This milestone will help us find our way. Join us as we chat to Gordon Clark about Roman roads and how they created a vast and well signposted network across the country. 

What would the well dressed 16th Century man be sporting on his cap when he wanted to impress? Join us when we talk to Dot Boughton to find out. This beautiful golden badge can tell us, not just about fashion, but about the places that a medieval nobleman might visit, and the messages they wanted to send with how they dressed. 

We are joined by Dr Liz Brewster, Senior Lecturer in Medicine, to look at this bright and inviting holiday guide to Morecambe from the 1920s. We chat about how Morecambe advertised itself as a health resort, despite having a very different reputation in the 18th Century, and the health challenges that are faced in Morecambe today.