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The Flag Market is within the centre of Preston, the central square it is faced onto by the Harris Museum and Art Gallery amongst other buildings

Preston Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day events confirmed

Preston City Council has today confirmed its plans to remember the fallen at a Remembrance Sunday parade and Armistice Day events this weekend. On Sunday, 13 November, a parade will […]

1 year ago
We’re looking for someone to light up Preston this Christmas

Preston Christmas Lights Switch On 2022 promo In partnership with the organisers of the Christmas Lights Switch On, Preston BID and Smooth Radio North West, we are seeking nominations for a Proud Prestonian to switch on the city’s Christmas lights. […]

1 year ago
Buyer needed for planned Shankly Preston as work stalls again after administration

The Shankly Hotel will open in the former Post Office building Pic: Tony Worrall A buyer is being sought for the Shankly Preston as financial difficulties mean work has yet again stalled at the former post office on the Flag Market. Signature Living Preston […]

2 years ago
Preston holds World Mental Health Day event

Worldwide Samba drummers at Preston Wellfest An event to bring people in Preston together to talk about mental health was held by Preston Wellfest. The event was held ahead of World Mental Health Day and offered […]

2 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Original hand-coloured postcards from Edwardian Preston

NUR railway bridge postcard Pic: Preston Digital Archive Always popular on postcards was Preston Guild. There was a Preston Guild held at the beginning of the Edwardian era, in 1902. This postcard proudly shows the coat of arms […]

2 years ago
Preston Christmas Lights Switch On 2022 line-up revealed

Preston Christmas Lights Switch on 2021 Pic: Michael Porter Photography Preston’s Christmas lights are set to be lit on Saturday 19 November following the Switch On event, which gets underway from 5.30pm. The show, which takes place on the city’s Flag […]

2 years ago
Preston Flag Market to host rally as part of Enough is Enough national day of action

Cost of living crisis protesters Pic: Preston and South Ribble Trades Union Council Preston Flag Market will host a rally as part of the Enough is Enough national day of action. Enough is Enough is a campaign to fight the cost of living […]

2 years ago
Preston in the pivotal 1960s, colour postcards

John “Jack” Shaw in 1970 Pic: Preston Digital Archive Postcards first became popular in the Edwardian era and continued on into the 1960s, when skirts were short and wages high. Much new building occurred in Preston in the 1960s, […]

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