On the 15th July over 200 different classic and vintage vehicles will be on display along with fairground rides, stalls selling a wide assortment of goods, live performances and entertainment from Spareparts Arts. And it’s free admission. Just turn up at Fleetwood, you won’t fail to spot the event as it takes over the town.

This years Leyland Festival is on the 16th June with a World Book Theme. There is a Parade, Car Show, Paws In The Park, Entertainment Stages,  Food Court, Sports Arena and Stalls/Exhibits. Entry to Worden park is £2.50 online or on the day its £3. www.leylandfestival.co.uk

Birmingham Accordion Centre stopped a Thief making off with an Accordion from the shop this week, after taking their eyes off him for a few seconds the man grabbed a 120 Bass Sonola Accordion and made his way out, They chased after the man and got the accordion back but they didn’t manage to pin him down.  Below are pictures of the man before he picked up the accordion the same man walking out of the shop having just picked up the 120 Bass Accordion to steal it. Please keep an eye out for him if you run a shop, are selling an accordion, or visit any festivals or accordion shops.

This is  just a snippit of an Article that was recently in the Lancashire Evening Post....On the 60th anniversary of his major breakthrough, local historian Kenneth Shenton looks back at the career of funnyman Jimmy Clitheroe – a man who stayed loyal to his Lancashire roots Sixty years ago, on May 5, 1958, began one of the most popular radio programmes ever broadcast: The Clitheroe Kid. Running for 14 years and attracting regular audiences well in excess of 10m, its 16 series brought both national and international recognition for its diminutive star, Jimmy Clitheroe. By coincidence, James Robinson Clitheroe actually came from the town of that name. Born in Clitheroe on Christmas Eve, 1921, the only son of two Lancashire weavers, damage to his thyroid gland meant he never grew taller than 4ft 3ins. Initially intent on joining the circus, Jimmy cut his show business teeth performing as a member of the local Methodist church concert party. Aged 14, he began touring the provinces as Little Jimmy, the only male member of the famous troupe of juveniles called, The Winstanley Babes. At that time, he played xylophone, piano accordion and clarinet as well as doing female impersonations. Jimmy Clitheroe made his Blackpool stage debut just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Over the next five decades, he would regularly perform at almost all its major venues. Jimmy made his home on the Fylde Coast. Moving there during wartime in the company of his widowed mother, Emma, the couple lived quietly in a semi-detached bungalow on Bispham Road. Moving into radio in the 1950s, there Jimmy particularly caught the public’s attention in Call Boy, a variety show, produced by James Casey. Running from January to May 1957, its success gave Casey the idea of building a future series around Jimmy but now to be called The Clitheroe Kid. Initially reluctant to sanction the idea, eventually BBC bosses relented and allowed a brief pilot series to be made but broadcast only in the northern region. Taking part then, were Bispham’s very own Violet Carson as Jimmy’s mum, Judith Chalmers as his sister, and, not least, a very young Bob Monkhouse. Such was its winning appeal that, in May 1958, the BBC finally gave the green light for The Clitheroe Kid proper to hit the national airwaves. Co-written by Casey and local scriptwriter Frank Roscoe, at its peak it was said every Sunday lunchtime a quarter of the entire population would tune in. Visit https://www.lep.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/remembering-a-lancashire-comedy-legend-1-9151102