The Preston Historical Society held the first meeting of the season on Monday 1st October. The guest speaker was Stephen Sartin who is curator of art for the Lancashire County Museum Service […]

  A Review by Paul D. Swarbrick & Gillian A. Lawson. The Proscenium Theatre Company was in truly excellent form during the finale performance of Jeanne D’Arc at Saint John’s […]

A Review by Paul D. Swarbrick & Gillian A. Lawson There is no doubt that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein would have been extremely proud of the production of the […]

  As the Preston Guild is now upon us I have been recalling to memory what was originally built on the site on which the Preston Guild Hall, completed in 1972, now stands. I […]

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 […]

 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 […]