Tag Archives: Clitheroe

Glenn Tilbrook / Charlie Austen – Clitheroe, The Grand

Posted on March 18, 2019 by

With the A59 submerged in places that afternoon, there was a worry that we might not even reach Clitheroe on Saturday night. But if Glenn Tilbrook could get across from a Newcastle Opera House date with Wilko Johnson in that … Continue reading →

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Celebrating 40 years of All Mod Cons with From The Jam

Posted on December 13, 2018 by

Somehow, while based in Lancashire for nearly 25 years now, I’d never visited The Grand in Clitheroe until last month, yet now I’ve caught two great bands there within a month, with two of my teenage heroes visiting – Hugh … Continue reading →

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Hugh Cornwell – Clitheroe, The Grand

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

  Apparently, four punters needed St John Ambulance medical attention in Kendal the night before I got to see Hugh Cornwell and his band’s two assured sets in not so far off Clitheroe. With that in mind, Hugh told the … Continue reading →

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Open return to Guildford – Hugh Cornwell, back on the line

Posted on October 18, 2018 by

With a new LP out and an accompanying tour next month, Hugh Cornwell is commuting between his Somerset home and a few old Surrey haunts at present, getting his band truly match-fit. And it turns out that the former Stranglers … Continue reading →

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Status Quo – Symphony at the Tower, Hoghton

Posted on July 5, 2015 by

The forecasts hinted we might be in for a downpour at Hoghton Tower on Friday night, and the clouds were looming as we waited for the main act. But by the time the mighty Quo were belting out 1976 hit … Continue reading →

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Kick it like Dick, Kerr’s – the story behind No Man’s Land

Posted on July 25, 2014 by

In a year of widespread First World War centenary commemorations, a Lancashire theatre company is focusing on another aspect of that defining era – the rise of women’s football. And Northern Irish actor/playwright Stephanie McKervill is just the latest to … Continue reading →

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Not just any old Witch Way

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

NO offence intended to East Lancastrians reading this, but it feels like you’re reaching the end of the world when the M65 becomes the A6068 at Colne, and on a miserable late November morning amid a national epidemic of rain, … Continue reading →

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