You will see on the site over the coming weeks advert click on links for LANCASHIRE companies .I hope you will click on the ads and make use of thse firms who support LRU.

 I wanted to do this eailer in the year as if you remember LRU became a BUISNESS on 6 April . I also want to stock the LRU & E-BAY SHOPS so you as members and GSMs who will get 20% OFF LRU PRODUCTS --POLO SHIRTS ,CAR STICKERS and what ever else we stock -NON GSMs WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO BUY FROM THE LRU  E-BAY SHOP ----I will also have to pay TAX on the site as a business plus fund any other equipment ,travel costs etc plus pay web host fees and possible technical support costs 

Things will also change on the website in other exciting   ways soon .So after  meetings and other events  over the last week re-think over the last week I WILL NOT BE CLOSING THE SITE DOWN ----THE ONLY WAY IS UP

Earlier this year I went to meet our member Bernice ( Georges lass )  who had come back to this country after the sad passing of her brother . While I was talking about the site and Wallace’s kind offer of prints for sale on the site her dad GEORGE  began showing me photos of old buses he has ,  as one of Bernice's other  brothers KEVIN was a bus enthusiast the photo was  this one of a Ribble Motor Services bus in Market Sq ULVERSTON  which George kindly gave me . Sorry about the image quality as its a scan  

A few months have now past and as you may know we  ( The wife  & I  ) spend a lot of time in Ulverston visiting a relative and I love the quaintness of this special town .

The SIR JOHN BARROW MONUMENT more commonly known as THE HOAD or PEPPERPOT  is an icon of the town  and is currently the center of a restoration fund project which  has been set up to restore it to its former glory,

So I had an Idea, how about  a print of the ULVERSTON BUS and offer it to the fund organization . So after discussions with Wallace plans were set . The only problem was fitting the HOAD into the painting and after much searching  of the net and appeals on other sites  a photo could not be found to produce the painting .

So your intrepid webmaster had to jump on a train  (The 7.22am From Accrington  ) one Monday morning  to arrive at Ulverson at 9.34 and within 10 minutes I had this photo 

Then after a quick walk around town and  a Bacon butty  jumped back on the 11.14 out of Ulverston to get back in OSWALDTWISTLE for 1.35pm and then to bed before my first night shift of the week which started at 10pm that evening

  
The photo was then e-mailed to WALLACE and now a couple of weeks later this is the fantastic  result which shows the HOAD and another Icon of the town a poster showing the latest film from LAUREL & HARDY ---Stan Laurel .was born in the town

This is now on offer to  the restoration fund and hoteliers in ULVERSTON to help raise funds to restore the Hoad----As well as also being available to purchase though this site ---in LANCASHIRE PRINTS--- of which more exciting news  of another ---MAJOR  project will be published  soon 

And just to think this started with our member   GEORGESLASS .

With the updating of the site a NEW car sticker ( designed by yours truly )  will soon be available . As you know the last lot I had  produced for the site where bought by me and  GIVEN AWAY FREE all 250 of them  the wife thought I had gone MAD  .

I was not running LRU as a business then but am now so the NEW STICKERS will be available in batches of 5 for  around £10.00 plus £2p&p   to GOLD STAR MEMBERS and to STANDARD MEMBERS AND VISITORS FOR  AROUND £15.00 PLUS £2 p&p-----Details of confirmed  prices and  how to order with SECURE payments  via PAYPAL SOON.

These WILL also have a CASH award given each month if I spot one on any car,van,wagon--- etc  seen on the roads in the UK .
 

PLEASE NOTE ---The names of ALL GSMs are kept on file to prevent any frauduent  claims to obtain  GOLD STAR MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNTS   

( Picture shows the First Site Header when the site began ) 

Seeing as we are now 2 years  old and in an effort to make the site more visually appealing to members old and new a fresh new and more professional  look is being worked on for the site .

Let me know which parts of the site you think should be dropped as I will be adding NEW sections in the coming weeks  

Look out for a fresher new LANCASHIRE RE-UNITED COMING SOON  

  This weekend (26th JULY )  mark the second --Yes SECOND birthday of LANCASHIRE RE-UNITED in its current form . Its staggering when you really think about the last 2 years  just what has been achieved . Over 300 people have become members ,Over 655,000 server hits ,Many radio Interviews ,meeting members from not just the UK but around the world  and lots lots more has happened in 24 hectic months

--I really don't know where to start thanking you all .

Heres to the next 2 years and a lot more adventures ,memories and friendships on LANCASHIRE RE-UNITED 

You may feel that I have been talking to much lately about the Prints by Wallace Trickett we have for sale through the site . Without these prints which recall the municipal Transport operators of our Lancashire Towns and the funds they generate I would have to shut the site down  ( Again my sincere thanks to Wallace ).

I decided the other day as the print Wallace has done of a scene in Accrington is such a wonderful memory of the towns bus fleet , and plans are a foot to close the bus station featured and it is also the Centenary of the founding of ACCRINGTON CORPORATION TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT  and that I also live in the area , to offer one as a gift from LRU to the local council , an offer which has generously been accepted by the leader of Hyndburn (Accrington & District ) Council Mr Peter Britcliffe (Pictured )  and as such I have been asked to present one and open the cabinet meeting on 17th September and also give a short  talk about this site .

The Accrington prints have caused a lot of interest so much so they are now for sale through Accrington Library after they purchased some from me, and are now the main outlet in the ACCRINGTON AREA for this particular print , other towns libraries, Museums and also a fund raising intuitive in ULVERSTON  may soon follow.

So,after much leg work, many  e-mails and not to mention  hours  spent driving from town to town  this is now   helping to secure the sites future and allowing me to invest further in NEW STOCK for the shop and equipment for the  site and other features and competitions in the run up to Christmas  for the benefit of us all .

I shall be offering other towns a gift of there towns print thus Re-Uniting there town with memories of days gone bye and there MUNICIPAL FLEET  . 

  Why not consider purchasing a print  from the growing collection they make an  Birthday or Xmas present for a loved one or relative  to remember days gone bye and maybe spark a memory --Go to LANCASHIRE PRINTS and order NOW . Payments are secure- via PAYPAL  and your print will be with you in days . 

Please note the Lancashire print collection is  

  © 2008 Lancashire Reunited and Wallace Trickett 

any infringement will result in legal action  

This is the E-Mial received from Hyndburn Council  

  Hi Mr Earnshaw,

The Leader would like to invite you to present the print and say a few words about it and your work (approx 5 mins), at the beginning of the September Cabinet meeting.  The  meeting will be on 17th Sept at 1pm at Scaitcliffe House.

Would you let me know as soon as possible if you will attend.

Kind Regards

Cathy

Cathy Kierans
Senior Marketing and Communications Officer
Hyndburn Borough Council
Scaitcliffe House
Ormerod St
Accrington
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To win just answer this question

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Winner will be drawn ( By independant witness ) on  TUESDAY 22 JULY and notified by e-mail  

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   I have now moved the PRINTS available trough this site to a new home making them accessible to all who view LANCASHIRE RE-UNITED click on  LANCASHIRE PRINTS on the main MENU  . The list is forever growing and now includes shipping ( Pictured the  liner ORIANA )so why not  take a look and maybe purchase a present for yourself or a loved one and maybe evoke a memory of days gone by.

The LRU Shop in the members area will now revert to the sale of LRU MEMBERS MERCHANDISE --With NEW stocks of SHIRTS ....CAR STICKERS ..ETC arriving soon