The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery, in Rawtenstall, East Lancashire, reopened last year after a significant multi-million pound redevelopment funded via the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It has been a rollercoaster ride ever...
Read MoreIt’s a pleasing thing to witness future nostalgia being created. Parents of a certain age from across the North of England will have warm memories of family outings and school trips during their own youth to the original...
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“Thank you for taking a photo of that object. I chose that one,” says a voice over my shoulder in...
Read MoreSome places imprint themselves upon your consciousness, that strange relatively inexplicable netherworld of neurons and dreams. And there they set up camp for life, to be recalled occasionally when the senses demand it. For me...
Read MoreWhere can you see a tiger and python locked in a terrifying embrace, a baby African elephant and a genuine shrunken head? At The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery in Rawtenstall in the heart of the Rossendale Valley. However,...
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