This category is for nostalgic posts reminiscing about the past.
As The Arc Cinema prepares to open, we look back at Preston’s 116 year love affair with the cinema
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 […]
Preston has plenty of heritage and history to shout about – this was the message from a public meeting this week. History is something we’ve covered on Blog Preston for […]
Preston marking Remembrance in the 1980s, the classic red Ribble buses and more have been captured in a photographer’s latest memories. Paul Melling who grew up in Preston has uncovered […]
A further trip back to 1980s Preston has been revealed as a city photographer raids his archives. Paul Melling’s pictures of life in the city during the early 80s have […]
A Preston photographer has been taking the city back to the early 1980s with some undiscovered photographs. Paul Melling, who has contributed photos to Blog Preston for many years, was […]
Preston’s Masonic Hall is celebrating its 80th anniversary since it first opened on Saul Street. Despite this freemasons have been active in the city for much longer, since 1775 when […]
Preston’s ‘real life Coronation Street’ is the focus of the latest episode of The Parched Pea Podcast. John ‘Gilly’ Gillmore chats to Lynn Eastham who starred in a BBC TV […]
A Preston family business that has been exhibiting at the Southport Flower Show for over 100 years has taken away a large gold medal award this year at the 100th […]