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Lancashire Market given overwhelming thumbs up from Friargate firms

Visitors to the Lancashire Market on Friargate Friargate firms have backed the return of the Lancashire Market to its streets. Preston Business Improvement District said it had surveyed businesses along the street and 95 per cent of […]

9 years ago
Dolly Dazzler Presents to host vintage family fun day, Revival

Harris Museum and Art Gallery faces onto the Flag Market Market traders and artisan stalls will decorate Preston’s Flag Market this weekend for a family day out, under the name Revival. Dolly Dazzler Presents will be hosting the day which […]

9 years ago
Performances of experimental sound art comes to New Continental

Other Worlds Festival is bringing a night of experimental music and sound art to the New Continental on Friday August 7. Must Die Records have teamed up with They Eat […]

9 years ago
Meal made from waste held to stamp out food poverty

Preston’s first Disco Soup is coming to Avenham Park. The festival is hosted by Lancashire and Region Dietary Education Resource and includes a chef-cooked meal to promote a fight against food […]

9 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement New Urban Food Lounge comes to Friargate

A new cafe, hosting an urban and rustic look, has opened on Friargate. Urban Food Lounge is an independent, family-run business with a different eye for healthy food. The salad […]

9 years ago
Duk Pond owner gets closest to setting new parched pea eating world record

BBC Radio Lancashire presenter John Gillmore was one of those taking on the challenge A Preston city centre restaurant owner came closest to breaking a parched pea eating world record at the weekend. Andrea Mellon, who runs Duk Pond in Cross Street, was the […]

9 years ago
In pictures: Preston Flag Market entertainment during the weekend

Fun and games has been the order of the day in the Flag Market throughout the weekend. The damp weather didn’t stop Prestonians having fun with giant games and puzzles. […]

9 years ago
Prestonians fail to reclaim parched pea eating world record

We tried, and we failed. The parched pea eating record, once held by Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, is not returning to Preston. Many consider Preston the home of the parched pea […]

9 years ago
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