A Paw-sitive Milestone: Celebrating a Year of Sash & Pepps Pet Shop
What began as a modest market stall in the Market Hall at the Concourse Shopping Centre in 2023 has...
- 1 July 2025
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The Alcatraz Job: Two Men, Two Wheelchairs, and Zero Plan B
Cast your minds back to the 9th of July 2022, when two of Skelmersdale’s notorious criminals made their ‘Escape...
- 2 June 2025
Skelmersdale Art Network – to celebrate and develop art in Skelmersdale
During 2019, a successful art exhibition was held in the Artz Centre in Skelmersdale. This brought together seven artists...
- 4 June 2021
Blessings from Trinity Church
As always at About the Town, we love to share positive stories from our community and bring light to...
- 4 June 2021
Introducing About the Town’s flash fiction Competition!
What is flash fiction? Flash fiction is a genre of fiction that is very similar to a short...
- 4 June 2021