Today, as reported in the Lancashire Evening Post, is Lancashire Day. See LEP stories here, here and here.
November 27th, 1295 is the date in history when participation in the government of the country was first granted to representatives (two knights) of Lancashire by the then king, Edward I.
This is also the date adopted by The Friends of Real Lancashire to point out that by some quirk and blur of history and government there are many more people invited, on this day, to celebrate Lancashire than those purely based on the 'administrative' boundaries of Lancashire.
But why stop at the 'historic' boundaries of Lancashire. Let everyone celebrate this:
"He wanted to know what gradely meant, an' I towd him at that were nobbut one meaning for it an' that were 'gradely'. It were a gradely word I said an' if he couldno find it in th' dictionary it wern't a gradely dictionary" - Sam Fitton, popular Lancashire dialect writer, comic entertainer and cartoonist, 1868-1923.
He must also surely be appreciated for his innovative approach, well ahead of his time, to alternative energy:
"We'n every convenience; hot an' cowd wayter -well we'n nobbut cowd really, but yo' con soon get it warm wi' swearin' at it an' knockin' it abeawt wi' bein' vexed".
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