This category relates to all things to do with history in Preston.
Preston Remembers street theatre across the city centreOn Saturday, Preston Remembers and the Chester-based ‘Theatre in the Quarter’ group put on a moving performance to honour the memories of three local people touched by the First World […]
8 years ago 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 4NEWSFLASH: November 7th – 1.00pm, Jacobite rebels enter Lancaster. James III proclaimed. Sir Henry Hoghton, with a force of about 600 local volunteers, marches to meet them but his militia retreats. […]
8 years ago Ham and Jam coffee shop set for grand opening next weekThe much awaited Ham and Jam coffee shop in Lancaster Road, Preston, will be opening its doors to the public on Friday 13 November. Owner, Richard Lowthian did not want […]
8 years ago 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 3NEWSFLASH: November 5 12 noon Jacobites enter Kendal. On 5 November the army marched for Kendal, “a town of very good trade.” About noon six quarter-masters arrived and about 2 o’clock […]
8 years ago Advertisement Advertisement Preston unemployed football team in latest issue of the Preston MagazineExploring how Preston had the country’s first football team for the unemployed in the latest issue of the Preston Magazine. A monthly look back at the heritage and history of […]
8 years ago 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 2NEWSFLASH: November 2nd 3p.m. 1715 – The Jacobites continue their march south. Jacobites enter Penrith. ‘James III’ proclaimed King. They march via Appleby and Kendal to Lancaster. About 3 o’clock […]
8 years ago Talk on the 200th year anniversary of gas being used in PrestonIt is something we all take for granted nowadays, but gas has been used as an energy source in Preston for 200 years. The pioneers of its primary use and the […]
8 years ago A potted history of a local public transport company whose existence spanned over 100 yearsFollowing the closure of John Fishwick and Sons, Leyland, on 24th October, 2015, local historian, Heather Crook, looks into the history of the ubiquitous ‘green bus’ public transport company since […]
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