After asking the question on our Facebook page, several words and phrases popped up time and time again from proud Lancastrians.
We’ve rounded up some of the best below.
5. "What's to do with you?"
A phrase people use to ask how someone is, or about their latest news. Photo: fizkes - stock.adobe.com
6. Horseshoe Corner
Horseshoe Corner is another handy meeting point in the centre of Lancaster. It's the unofficial name of the intersection between Penny Street, Cheapside and Market Street, so named because of the horseshoe set into the paving at the centre of this crossroads. The most popular legend says the shoe originates from John of Gaunt's horse shedding a shoe when he left Lancaster Castle for the last time and the townspeople set it in place as a memorial. Photo: Johnston Press
7. "Six for a pound, yer gas lighters"
We couldn't mention Horseshoe Corner without a shoutout to the popular stallholder who stood in all weathers just nearby, selling various bits and bobs but mostly known for his cheap gas lighters. At one time you couldn't walk through town without hearing his sales pitch. Photo: Garth Hamer
8. Top or bottom 'spoons?
Once the age old question for Lancaster pub-goers - shall we go to top or bottom Wetherspoon's? There can't be many towns or cities the size of Lancaster to boast not one but two Wetherspoon's pubs in such a short distance. And to avoid people having to use their Sunday names, they were quickly given much easier titles - The Sir Richard Owen became 'top' (obviously) and The Green Ayre was 'bottom'. Sadly, 'bottom' is no more, having never reopened after it flooded during Storm Desmond in December 2015 and later sold. Photo: Google