This category relates to all things to do with history in Preston.
Preston’s ‘fish and rice cakes guy’ set to launch new product
A barber living in Preston, subject to a viral meme 18 years ago, is launching a new product. Danny Andrews, known as the ‘fish and rice cakes guy’ has been […]
Preston kicked off a weekend of events yesterday (6 June) to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Yesterday marked the day which was the largest naval, land and […]
A free event exploring Preston’s footballing icons is taking place at Lancashire Archives. Michael Barrett’s talk, titled Preston’s Footballing Icons: The Invincibles, will look at how the unbeaten North End […]
A free exhibition co-designed by a University of Central Lancashire historian is taking place to mark the centenary of the first expedition to Mount Everest. Dr Jonathan Westaway has worked […]
A free public lecture detailing the history of the toothbrush is taking place at the University of Central Lancashire. Delivered by Peter Dyer, a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Oral Surgery, […]
To mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, a series of events are being hosted across Preston, South Ribble and Chorley. Thursday 6 June marks the day which was […]
A group of veterans embarked on a touching journey from the 18th – 26th of March, marking their return to the Falklands for the first time since the conflict of […]
There will be road closures for the Goosnargh and Whittingham Whitsuntide Festival this weekend (Saturday 1 June). The village tradition has been going for over a 100 years and will see […]