This category is for posts with observations made about Preston.
The aftermath of Christmas: I’m turning veganIt 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 centreEagle-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 wonderlandIt’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 WeekAshton 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 onA 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 DemonstrationsI’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 PrestonThe 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?
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