The history of Preston’s former Courtaulds factory is to be brought to life through a music project. A Song for your Community sees singer-songwriter Claire Mooney work with former factory […]

Former workers at the Courtauld’s factory have met to recall the working life. The textiles factory was knocked down in the 1980s but a new community project aims to piece […]

The story of the former Courtauld’s factory has been told in an online documentary. Prestonian Gary Cunliffe has produced the lookback at what used to be one of the biggest […]

These pictures show life inside the Courtauld’s factory before it was demolished in 1980. Local photographer and former factory worker Keith Sergeant rescued the pictures from a skip just before […]

A community project is asking for Prestonian’s memories of the Courtaulds factory. There will be an event at St Matthew’s Mission on Saturday to help trace the history of the […]

It can be surprising and sometimes insightful what you can find after a good rummage on a car boot sale. I collect scraps of old Preston based memorabilia. leaflets, letters, […]

A little bit of Preston nostalgia. This week back in 1974, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Preston Railway Station to unveil a plaque marking the electrifying of […]

A poignant reminder of the Great War and the effect on a Preston family. The framed medal, in the window of booksellers Halewood & Sons, commemorates Private Harold Halewood, of 35 Battalion […]