Category: Local History
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A Gut Feeling or Was It Luck? The Pike Law Incident.
In this story, we travel to Sykeside, Haslingden to talk about five young boys who went on an adventure within the old mines of Pike Law quarry. A disused haven of mystery and adventure, its tunnels had captured the imaginations of generations of local boys. Little did anyone know that the innocent exploration of these…
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The Missing Dean Boys’ – A REAL Unsolved Case!
In this video, we travel to Dean, a small hamlet in Rossendale, Lancashire, to tell the story of two young boys, John Hitchen and Fred Williams, both of whom vanished without a trace after going out to explore an old, disused mine, known locally as ‘Dean Pit’. Clive from Rossendale Collieries was kind enough to…
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Eyam : The Plague Village
Eyam (pronounced ‘eem’), is located in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England, which became famous after the Black Death of 1665 and 1666. An outbreak of the plague was contained when the villagers decided to isolate themselves from the surrounding communities. Many people in the village died. It is also known that some…
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The Drunkard’s Friend – The Life of Elizabeth Ann Lewis, Temperance Queen!
In this video, we tell the story of Elizabeth Ann Lewis and how she would battle against the odds to try and reform the drinking culture not only within the town of Blackburn, but also that of the an entire nation. She would face accusations and insinuations as well as struggle to get her own…
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A Walk Through Newchurch Tunnels, Waterfoot
Just a quick walk through the Newchurch Tunnels over in Waterfoot. These were built around 1852 but due to the Beeching Axe, the line and indeed the station in Waterfoot closed on the 5th December 1966. In 2019, Newchurch Tunnels 1 & 2 were reopened as part of a cycle-way project that cost around £5.85m…
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The Forgotten Baby of Flaxmoss: A Story Time Tried to Bury
A cold January morning in Victorian Haslingden. Two council scavengers empty a routine pail in the quiet hamlet of Flaxmoss – only to uncover a discovery that would shock the entire valley. In this video, we revisit the tragic and long-forgotten case of the Flaxmoss Infant: a tiny body found among the ashes and refuse…
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What the Police DISCOVERED Inside This Farm Was TERRIFYING… | True Crime | Real Locations
A quiet Lancashire farmhouse… three innocent lives… and a morning of unimaginable brutality that still clings to the walls of Saville Green Farm. This is a story buried beneath decades of silence — a triple murder so violent, so senseless, that it shook the countryside to its core. In this episode, we retrace the footsteps…
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Real or Hoax? Did We Discover JACK THE RIPPER’S Real Voice on This Old Record?
What if a forgotten shellac record – buried for over a century – contained the chilling voice of one of the most infamous killers in history? In this episode of Days of Horror, we uncover a mysterious gramophone recording that appears to feature a man describing the horrific events of 1888… in unsettling detail. Is…