In August the Acregate Labour Club will celebrate 120 years, making it one of the oldest in the country and the first one in Preston. But how did it all […]

In May, it will 60 years since the iconic chicken chain first opened its doors on Fishergate.  But do you know how or why Preston was their first European destination?   […]

Imagine being up to your knees in cold, sticky mud, your clothes are drenched and you haven’t eaten a proper meal in weeks. Then you turn to see thousands of […]

As famed director David Lynch said ‘cinema enables a person to go into another world and have an experience’. Films make us cry, laugh and often give us a much-needed […]

Life in Preston’s cotton mills was extremely tough and in 1853, 18,000 workers decided they had had enough. They went on strike and campaigned for a ten per cent pay […]