Eccles cake Eccles cakes do not have Protected Geographical Status, so may be manufactured anywhere and still labelled as "Eccles" cakes. The Banbury cake is an oval cake from Banbury, Oxfordshire, similarly filled with currants. The Chorley cake (from Chorley in Lancashire) is flatter, made with shortcrust pastry rather than flaky pastry and is devoid of sugar topping. The Blackburn cake is named after the town of Blackburn, Lancashire, and is made with stewed apples in place of currants. British fire brigades have reported fires started by Eccles cakes overcooked in microwave ovens. The problem occurs because sugar, contained in the cakes,
Healthcare in Lancashire RHA. Regions were reorganised in 1996 and Lancashire came under the North West Regional Health Authority. Lancashire from 1974 had 7 District health authorities, for: Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley; Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde; Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale; Chorley and South Ribble; Lancaster; Preston; and West Lancashire. In 1994 4 new District health authorities were established covering East Lancashire, North West Lancashire, South Lancashire and Morecambe Bay District (which extended into Cumbria). 9 Primary care trusts were established covering the whole of the county in 2002: Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Chorley and South Ribble, Preston, West Lancashire, East Lancashire Teaching,