As the planning approval application for the Mulbury Homes building project has now been accepted, it spurred us on to looking into the history of the former India Mill which […]

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 […]

A new European supermarket planned for Ribbleton Lane is facing objections to selling alcohol. Europa Delikatesy is due to open in the St Matthews area but a petition of 133 […]

A plan for 51 new affordable homes on a former Preston factory site is set to be given the nod. Mulbury Homes have applied for permission to build on land […]

Defeat is looming for a community group battling to save a patch of green space in Preston. The Friends of Fishwick and St Matthews had lobbied Community Gateway to halt […]

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 […]