For Heritage Open Days 2021 Lancashire Archives is joined by celebrated local historian, Dr Alan Crosby, who is researching the history of food in Lancashire from the 16th to the 20th centuries. With archivist Victoria McCann and Kathryn Newman, Dr Crosby talks about food related archives and the history of food in Lancashire, including a nineteenth century soup kitchen recipe, an eighteenth century bill for a gentry wedding and 'a cup of trembling kangaroo'.

This episode was recorded on 2 September 2021 for the Heritage Open Day theme of 'edible England'. Lancashire Archives is the archive service for the county of Lancashire and preserves and makes available for research, 900 years of Lancashire's written heritage. To find out more about accessing Lancashire County Council's archive service located in Preston visit www.lancashire.gov.uk. To find out more about events taking place for Heritage Open Days visit www.heritageopendays.org.uk.