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Preston Magazine looks at what happened to the Market Square’s old fish stones

Posted on - 8th December, 2014 - 7:00pm | Author - | Posted in - History, Nostalgia, Preston City Centre
A picture from the Harris Museum shows the fish stones in use

A picture from the Harris Museum shows the fish stones in use

Whatever happened to the old fish stones on the Flag Market?

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Just one of the questions pondered in this month’s Preston Magazine which takes a look back at Preston’s history.

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The local nostalgia magazine goes to hundreds of people in the city every month and is run by Penwortham resident Heather Crook.

In it there is a lookback at the old Market Square in 1850 and what happened to the old fish stones where traders would lay out their fish for the day.

A more morbid piece of nostalgia is looking at the uncovering of skeletons and ancient tombstones in the area around St Walburge’s Church ion Maudlands in 1854.

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There is also the publication of a poem called The Fool by Robert W Service who hailed from Preston.

You can read this months’ edition below or follow this link to view it

The Preston Magazine – Issue 21

Have you read it? Do you know what happened to the fish stones? Let us know in the comments below

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