We love Lancashire because... readers share why they love special place to mark the Post's 140th birthday

Happy birthday to us!!

This month the Lancashire Evening Post is celebrating 140 years of bringing you - the readers your trusted news from heartwarming stories to the people who make Lancashire what it is.

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In celebration of this impressive milestone, we asked readers what makes Lancashire special to them.

This is what they had to say....

Tony Joyce: “Being a Chorley boy, living in Cape Town, our accent, nowt like it. You can take a lad from Lancashire, but will never.”

Lynn Aldous: “Neither of us are from Lancashire, we are both well travelled because of our jobs, now we are retired we have found a lovely area to live for the rest of our lives, full of history, good neighbours, lovely country side, easy access to motorways so we can still catch up with our families up and down the country I could go on, yes we love Lancashire and you lovely lot out there.”

Noah Ibbz: “Preston and how historic it is.”

Richard William: “The history and community, when people connect and talk we can solve a lot of mess.”

Ivy Bluebell: “Green spaces, Chorley cakes, Bowen Pies and Lancashire cheese.”

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