Portal:Lancashire/Did you know
- ... that the flushwork decorating parts of St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling (pictured), Lancashire, is in two colours of sandstone rather than the more usual materials of flint and stone?
- ... that former Burnley chairman Bob Lord described coach Billy Dougall, who worked for the football club for 23 years, as the finest servant a club could have?
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Archive
[edit]Portal:Lancashire/Did you know/1
- ... that Argleton (supposed location pictured) appears on Google Maps as a settlement in West Lancashire, England, even though no such place exists?
Portal:Lancashire/Did you know/2
- ... that the parish churches of Ormskirk (pictured), Purton and Wanborough are the only churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire?
Portal:Lancashire/Did you know/3
- ... that the flushwork decorating parts of St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling (pictured), Lancashire, is in two colours of sandstone rather than the more usual materials of flint and stone?
Portal:Lancashire/Did you know/4
- ... that in 1920–21, Burnley were crowned champions of English football for the first time?
Portal:Lancashire/Did you know/5
- ... that former Burnley chairman Bob Lord described coach Billy Dougall, who worked for the football club for 23 years, as the finest servant a club could have?
Portal:Lancashire/Did you know/6
- ... that Blackpool's director, Julie Anne Robinson, and writer, Peter Bowker, wanted to co-create a television serial set in Funny Girls, a cabaret featuring male dancers in drag?
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