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In pictures: The Last Battle – Stories from the Streets of 1715 in Light, Sound and Performance

Some unusual and spectacular sights and sounds prevailed in Church Street, Preston on Sunday evening of 15 November 2015. To commemorate The Last Battle of England due to the Jacobite […]

8 years ago
1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Final, Part 12

NEWSFLASH: 15 November 1715 – Carpenter leaves Preston with the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lumley and Colonel Darcy. November 22nd 1715 – The Pretender (James III), or the ‘Chevalier St George’, […]

8 years ago
Silly Billy’s weekly diary: Week 5

Hello again Preston folk and Planet earth! Its me Billy with your weekly update on all things Sleeping Beauty Panto coming to the Lovely Preston Guildhall charter theatre this December! […]

8 years ago
1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 11

NEWSFLASH: 14 November 1715 – Soon after 7.00am: A messenger is sent from rebels to Wills to confirm that his terms were accepted and that the rebels would surrender unconditionally. The […]

8 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement A full house for The Blackout film premiere screening at Preston’s Guild Hall

The long awaited premiere screening of The Blackout film finally arrived on Thursday evening 12 November 2015. The independent film which was the brainchild of filmmaker Alan Livesey, has been […]

8 years ago
Special photo call edition: Silly Billy’s weekly diary – Week 4

Hi Kids Silly Billy here again with my weekly Blog all about the brill Panto Sleeping Beauty coming to Preston Guild Hall this December. Those clever photographers from Blog Preston were […]

8 years ago
Jubilee Park and Euston Street play areas complete

Jubilee Park as it was and how it is now Two Preston parks have been radically improved with new play areas for children. Work on the Euston Street play area and Jubilee Park in Lea has finished on a first […]

8 years ago
International piano recitalist, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet to perform at Preston Minster

Preston Minster is extremely delighted to present international piano recitalist, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, who will giving a performance on Friday 22 January 2016. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has achieved acclaim for a variety of disparate […]

8 years ago
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