My Lancashire - My accounts of the local area

Visiting The Leyland Heritage Centre 2024 Leyland Heritage Centre was open on Hough Lane for approximately six months over the winter, and contained artefacts from the likes of Iddon Brothers, the town bleach works, Leyland Motors, Leyland Paints and the rubber works.  It also featured interviews with staff members, from from labourers to managing directors.  This was its second time of opening. It was all the idea of the Leyland Historical Society, who wanted to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2018 with several special projects.  The group managed to attract a Heritage Lottery Grant, and set about producing a new edition of their Industrial Heritage of Leyland and Farington book.  They then took over an empty shop in Hough Lane to show what the society had discovered about the history of Leyland over the previous 50 years.   Leyland Heritage Centre was open on Hough Lane for approximately six months In 2024, they were able to open the Leyland Heritage ...