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This category is for posts with observations made about Preston.

The aftermath of Christmas: I’m turning vegan

It all started with a conversation during Christmas dinner. Conversation was flowing just as quickly as the bucks fizz, and talk soon turned to the year the father-in-law had bought […]

13 years ago
Video: Mass Christmas busking in Preston city centre

the mass busking jam session on Preston high street Eagle-eyed student Daniel Bentley spotted this mass busking session on Christmas Eve in the city centre. The video above was taken at 1pm on Fishergate on Christmas Eve as the […]

13 years ago
Ribby Hall Village: a winter wonderland

It’s not every morning breakfast is interrupted by a troupe of ducks waddling past your window, usually it’s the sound of a car alarm or a bus thundering past the […]

13 years ago
Preston’s parks celebrating National Tree Week

Ashton Park Rangers led a guided walk through the park in celebration of National Tree Week. Mike Ashmore and Steve Smith had originally planned to hold a community tree planting […]

13 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Police cordon off Deepdale area as blaze rages on

A former warehouse has been evacuated and a 500 feet area cordoned off after a four-storey building was engulfed by flames. The building, on Kent St, is home to the Iqra education centre […]

13 years ago
Video: EDL and UAF Demonstrations

I’ve edited together the short clips of video that I got from Saturday’s demonstrations in the town centre. The quality isn’t broadcast-standard, but I still think it gives a good […]

13 years ago
Tithebarn development: set to go ahead?

After years of speculation and planning, the £700m Tithebarn development finally appears to have been given the green light. Or that’s at least what the BBC’s sources are claiming. Arif […]

13 years ago
What Victorian Benefactors Did For Preston

The industrial era is one easy to overlook in a provincial context in the face of what I and people of varying ages learnt in school. We are granted a rough idea about how life changed, but my education in the matter was confined to general developments leading up to the years when Victoria was on the throne. But what of the individuals who sought to change Preston for the better?

13 years ago
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