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This category relates to all things to do with history in Preston.

Share your memories of post-war Preston Guild

museum of lancashire Do you remember the 1952, 1972 or 1992 Preston Guild? If so a team of students from the University of Central Lancashire want to hear from you. The group, led […]

13 years ago
Old photos show 1960s Preston Ambulance Service in action

air ambulance Photos of a Preston ambulance team in action and relaxing after work have been found. Donald Minchin discovered the pictures he’d taken as a teenager after clearing out cupboards at […]

13 years ago
Mapped: Play our Preston History Quiz

old preston street Know your Tom Finney from your Strand Road? Have a go on our Preston History Map Quiz. It will ask you questions about the city and you have to click […]

13 years ago
Audio: Memories of growing up in St Matthews

Some local history for you, Mike Barton – who now lives in Bamber Bridge – tells us about growing up on Caroline Street, St Matthews and running a local business. […]

13 years ago
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Victorian newspaper cutting on St Joseph’s Orphanage

The roof of the former orphanage on Mount Street in the city centre The history of the former St Joseph’s Orphanage has been a hot topic on Blog Preston for nearly two years since we conducted our first local history investigation into its […]

14 years ago
Domesday Book online maps Preston in 1086

The Domesday Book has been published online for the first time, and you can check out what Preston was like all the way back in 1086. Open Domesday, set up […]

14 years ago
Yes2AV: ‘Canada is proof that the system is broken’

On Monday night, Canada went to the polls and gave us a perfect example of why the Canadian and British ‘first past the post’ (FPTP) voting system is broken, unfair […]

14 years ago
French Revolution room to open at Regimental museum in Fulwood

The Queen’s Lancashire Regimental Museum in Fulwood is due to open a new room, dedicated to the French Revolution. The Waterloo Room contains a rare Napoleonic Eagle and other memorabilia, […]

14 years ago
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