Lancashire Archives in conversation with Bernard Melling, author of 'Fear in the Time of Covid', Dr Alan Crosby, historian and Catherine Clapperton, a records manager at Lancashire County Council. From plague in the 14th and 17th centuries, Cholera in the 19th century and the Spanish Flu and AIDS in the 20th century, pandemics have spread fear and distress among communities in Britain and Lancashire. How do they compare with our most recent experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and what is the importance of keeping records?