What's On in Lancaster

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   Riot and Rebellion - The Power loom riots by Dr Colin Penny

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   Museum Event

   Lancaster

   Dr Colin Penny is back for our sixth lecture of the season.
   In April 1826 a group of 1000 angry handloom weavers began attacking the looms and mills of East Lancashire. Unemployment, poverty and bad harvest had led to despair and over 1100 looms…
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   Black History Month: Lancaster's Slavery Business

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   Lecture

   Lancaster

   Merchants became powerful and wealthy through trading in rum, sugar, wood and other goods produced by enslaved labour.
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   Swan Lake

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   Dance

   Lancaster

   ​​​​​​​A wonderful evening out and memories which you will cherish long after the final curtain falls.
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   China Crisis

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   Concert

   Lancaster

   ​​​​​​​With engaging music, scouse humour, and a strong connection to their fans, China Crisis shows are a must-see experience.
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   Cotton and Slavery by Professor Alan Rice

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   Lecture

   Lancaster

   ​​​​​​​Join expert Professor Alan Rice as he explores the reality behind the north west's cotton industry, through the history of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. 

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