Memory Sessions Kick Off In Lancaster
Share your memories of food, football and funerals at free session taking place at Lancaster Library on February 28 and March 7.
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Exploring The Past With Poetry
A chance to explore the lives of local people born before World War One and learn from an awardwinning writer is being offered for free in Lancaster.
Funding Boost For Latest Project
Mirador, has begun the New Year in the best way possible after securing £36,400 in Heritage Lottery Funding.
Please Help With Our Survey
Mirador are currently undertaking a consultation process as part of developing plans for our next project – Walking In Others Footsteps.
Thanks For The Memories
Our Behind The Wall project has given former staff an opportunity to reminisce about their working lives at Standfast & Barracks. And some of those memories are recalled at the exhibition which runs until May 1 at Lancaster City Museum so there's not long now to catch it! One former worker whose family connection to Standfast goes back longer than most is Robert Palmer. His father, Charles, was originally employed by Morton Sundour, part of...
HUNDREDS VISIT EXHIBITION IN FIRST WEEK
We’re delighted to report that hundreds of people have already visited our Behind The Wall exhibition since it launched on March 3.
Exhibition Opens Tonight!
We’re finally able to reveal what goes on Behind The Wall as our exhibition officially opens tonight at Lancaster City Museum!
3rd March 2017
Exhibition Almost Here!
There’s just a few weeks to go before our Behind The Wall exhibition opens at Lancaster City Museum on March 4.
Man of the cloth – how a Lancashire artist is going back to his roots
IN the 1970s the world of textiles was dominated by women, but that didn’t stop Michael Brennand-Wood pursuing his passion - first at Bolton College of Art, then in Manchester. After all he’d been taught to sew and knit by his grandmother who worked in one of the mills in Summerseat, near Bury. Now, more than six decades later, Michael – who is one of the country’s top textile artists with work in...
HUNDREDS SEE WHAT’S BEHIND THE WALL
More than 200 people attended our Behind The Wall open day at Standfast & Barracks recently.