Taking place today, this Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday the first Canal Festival at Haslam Park in Preston, and in Guild year as well. It’s in association with IWA (Inland Waterways Association) and the […]

Eagle & Child Hotel, Church St. Preston (Image courtesy of The Lancashire Evening Post) The above image is of a section of Church Street captured around the late 1920’s from the […]

The image above shows a part of Church Street with the premises of Merigold Brothers, No. 147, cycle and motor factors, extending from the centre of the image towards the right, followed […]

This time we will start our journey by looking at the buildings and shop premises along the south side of Church Street in an easterly direction. The 1921 image of a Preston Whit […]

  Given the location for this photograph, I thought it would be ok to borrow a few words from the New Testament for the title. It goes something like this […]

 This week we take the final part of our journey along the south side of Fishergate looking at the buildings, shops and alleyways going in a westerly direction. Looking at the […]

 In this weeks Preston Past we continue with the changing views over 100 years along the south side of Fishergate in a westerly direction. In the above splendid image of Fishergate in 1902, we can […]

 In this weeks Preston Past we take a look at the south side of Fishergate from where it meets with Church Street and continues in a westerly direction. At the junction of […]