Long ago, before England was cut up with pavement, or…

A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos

— Ian Botham

The cottage industry of India had to perish in order that Lancashire might flourish.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“The Lancashire Witches, and then he read The Admirable Crichton,”

— William Somerset Maugham

I was the youngest of four kids, and Dad, who had a garden centre before he retired, came from a large Lancashire family. Every…

— Rick Astley

I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887-1976) lived and painted.

— Ian Mckellen

Lancashire is where I spend my weekends. I love going home.

— Lindsay Hoyle

My father's family, I think, were mostly from Lancashire, but I don't know how far back we go. I think it's quite a few…

— Sarah Lancashire

I won some winners' medals with Lancashire - a NatWest trophy and a couple of Sunday Leagues.

— Andrew Flintoff

I call the Lancashire trade immoral, because it was raised and is sustained on the ruin of millions of India's peasants.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I'm Lancashire by name, and Lancashire was where I grew up - in Oldham.

— Sarah Lancashire

What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded…

— Benjamin Disraeli

I'm not against accents - my husband's from Lancashire and has a rural Lancs accent. We've just got back from Scotland yesterday, and I…

— Penelope Keith

I didn't have a good time with Lancashire in 2000. Probably I'd played too much cricket and should have taken a rest, but I…

— Sourav Ganguly

I was great mates with Muttiah Muralitharan, dating back to the days when we both played together at Lancashire.

— Andrew Flintoff

I'm just looking forward to playing, and if anything else comes my way it's a bonus. I'm looking to have an injury-free season and…

— Stuart Law