This category relates to all things to do with history in Preston.
Two Preston city centre roads closed due to urgent work at ‘unsafe’ Preston Guild Hall
Lancaster Road and a section of Lord Street have been closed today (Tuesday 17 November). The roads have been closed due to urgent Preston Guild Hall building works. This is […]
Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance Day looked a little different for everyone this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. People were not able to pick up a poppy easily like they […]
Police are investigating an act of vandalism where a Silent Soldier (pictured left) has been torn down on Sheep Hill Brow opposite Clayton-le-Woods Primary School in Chorley. The offence occurred […]
The recently retired President of Preston and District Veterans Council has been honoured by the City of Preston. Colonel Bernard Stam has been entered into Preston’s Book of Recognition and […]
The former Sharoe Green House neuro-rehabilitation centre, which was turned into a community centre in 2015, has seen a further planning application submitted. The community centre is subject to a […]
The war memorial within the Harris Park site was paid for and arranged by the ‘old boys and girls of the orphanage’. Before becoming private housing the site was originally […]
Remembrance Sunday was marked in the midst of the Covid pandemic with virtual services and social distancing. Both Preston City Council and South Ribble Borough Council offered an online way […]
One of Preston’s war memorials is able to be accessed this weekend. Tucked away in Harris Park, in the grounds of the former orphanage, is the Fulwood war memorial. As […]