From Preston being home to the first KFC in the UK, to Blackburn being the first town in the UK to take on mass fingerprinting – even Hollywood royalty Samuel L Jackson got in on the act.
We have rounded up 25 things you may not know were Lancashire born. Take a look.
1. 25 things you may not have known were made in Lancashire
Budweiser/Stella, KFC, pies and Samuel Jackson have all helped Lancashire. Photo: UGC
2. Burton's Biscuits
Burton's Biscuit Company which makes favourites such as Jammie Dodgers, Maryland Cookies and Wagon Wheels is recognised in the UK as the second-biggest supplier of biscuits. It all started in 1829 with George Burton, the boy who grew up to bake biscuits. The team of biscuit experts have a passion for baking great biscuits, and you’ll find 2,018 of them working hard in our bakeries in Edinburgh, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Dorset and Livingston. Photo: Burton's Biscuit Co
3. Goosnargh Gin
Multi-award winning Goosnargh Gin is lovingly crafted by Richard and Rachel Trenchard and is based at the foot of Beacon Fell, on the edge of the Forest of Bowland in the parish of Goosnargh, Lancashire. Their gins are distilled in small batches by hand, using a traditional copper alembic still. Photo: UGC
4. Mass Fingerprinting
Mass fingerprinting originated in Blackburn following a murder in May 1948. Police ordered a mass fingerprinting of all men over 16 in the Lancashire town of Blackburn to try and catch the person who had killed a three-year-old child. Her murderer, 22-year-old Peter Griffiths, was arrested three months after the crime. Photo: RAUL ARBOLEDA