The lead image shows tenants being evicted during the Irish Potato Famine of 1848. Over one million died of starvation and many left Ireland. Some came to Preston. However, Preston […]

Next year’s Preston Carnival will be a special one as it marks the iconic event’s 50th anniversary. Set to take place on the bank holiday weekend of Friday 24, Saturday […]

Preston in the early 1970s was still in the thrall of redevelopment with large swathes of the town looking like bomb sites. The lead image shows the thriving market. Notable […]

The Harris has celebrated its 130th anniversary. The iconic cultural institution turned 130-years-old on 26 October. Back in 1893, the doors were opened by Lord Derby and eager visitors were welcomed […]

The year 1846 was an important year in Preston. It was the year that the Blackburn and Preston Railway opened. It was also a period of deprivation among the working […]

A new talk titled Brilliantly Brutal will take a look at Preston Bus Station. Michael Akers will discuss the love/hate fascination with the 1960s brutalist building at the event on […]

900 years ago, religion dominated the lives of medieval Prestonians. Much land in the area was owned by the parish church and the church had almost three times the wealth […]

There were many ways to die in Victorian Preston; everything from exploding locomotives to cholera and murder were reported in the local press. Knowledge of disease was limited until the […]