My Lancashire - My accounts of the local area

Proud Preston Well, actually... The letters "P.P." are taken to mean "Princeps Pacis" - The Prince of Peace. I stumbled across an article entitled, "Proud Preston's lamb: The sign is everywhere if you look hard enough" a couple of years ago.  It went on to say, "You know about the symbol of our proud city, but have you noticed just how many there are?" I've always been one for a challenge. I found all the ones that the article had pointed out, and a good few more.  However, I am sure that I have probably missed a lot as well. Proud Preston | Searching for Preston's  Coats-of-Arms Proud Preston | "Princeps Pacis" - The Prince of Peace The lamb on the city shield is a biblical image of Jesus Christ, and the same image that represented seventh century bishop St Wilfrid, the city's patron saint. The " PP " on the city shield stands for " Princeps Pacis " (Prince of Peace), another title for Christ invokin...

Leonora Carrington Lancashire's Brilliant Surrealist Painter Mary Leonora Carrington OBE (6th April 1917 – 25th May 2011) was a Lancashire-born, naturalized Mexican artist, surrealist painter and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s. Carrington was also a founding member of the women's liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s. Leonora Carrington's birthplace in Clayton-le-Woods , near Chorley in Lancashire, is now commemorated by an information board placed on the site of her former home and birthplace, Westwood House.  Crookhey Hall Until recently, I had not previously heard of Leonora Carrington.  It is possible that I have previously seen some of her work, but I did not know that she was the artist.  I was sent on the trail after one of my Historic England Listed Building searching walks took me north of Garstang towards Cockerham. I got as far as Forton, ...