- Guild Hall repair bill, a city centre re-opening bonanza and five other key Preston talking points for 2025
- Looking back at when and how Blog Preston made an impact in 2024
- Review: The Last Supper at Haighton Manor near Grimsargh
- Wallace and Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl is a Christmas cracker with plenty of nods to Preston
- New arena being considered to mark next Preston Guild celebrations
Pictures as Brief Encounter lights up Preston city centre
Posted on - 23rd September, 2017 - 10:55pm | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Arts & Culture, Photos, Preston City Centre, Preston News, What's On in Preston
From giant umbrellas to sculptures you could drum a tune one there were some eye-catching parts of the Brief Encounter.
The Flag Market, Harris Street and the Town Hall were the main venues for the four-hour festival.
A stop-gap between the biennial Lancashire Encounter the showcase event was a torchlight procession from Winckley Square to the Flag Market.
The giant stopped traffic and made eyes grow big as it made its way around the city centre.
Read more: What we made of the Brief Encounter
Here’s some of the events on offer and how the city centre looked during the festival.
Paul Melling was there to snap some fantastic pictures of the Encounter.
A number of workshops and performances were on in the Harris, with a live band on the balcony
The giant out the front of the Harris
The umbrella tree with the Harris behind
The giant making its way towards the Flag Market
Belting out some classic tunes
Procession makes its way down Cheapside
The giant globe took your picture and projected it onto all kinds of landscapes
Hello Mr Giant
One of the children involved in the torchlight procession
Torchlights
View more
Sign up below to receive Blog Preston's email newsletter. It wings its way into inboxes every Sunday and Wednesday rounding up our top stories and more.
Find news by location, select an area of your choice to be kept up to date with the latest goings on.
The Preston Guide
Discover local businesses and services near you.
Find news by category, select an category of your choice to be kept up to date with the latest goings on.