David Gorman looks back 50 years to when 20,000 flocked to Preston’s Deepdale Stadium for Mass to celebrate the Canonisation of the Forty Martyrs, a quarter of whom came from Lancashire.
The Shrine to Our Lady at Ladyewell, Fernyhalgh, stands as a hallowed memorial of Lancashire’s staunch, Catholic faith amidst many trials and tribulations. A must for any pilgrim visiting the area.