Over the past month, I’ve been discovering some of Preston’s former cinema sites with the aid of local historian John Cotterall’s book ‘Preston’s Palaces of Pleasure’. It has been wonderful […]

Last month I posted the first part in my quest to locate some of Preston’s former cinema sites. At the height of the cinema boom, Preston boasted 22 cinemas, inspiring […]

Like many, I have long been fascinated by films, the cinema, and my family’s stories of cinema-going. I remember the distinctive sound of the Pearl and Dean introduction at the […]

The pressure on councillors to approve plans for a new cinema and restaurant complex at a city shopping centre has been ramped up. Fishergate Shopping Centre’s owners Benson Elliot have […]

As Preston prepares to pin its future hopes on city centre revitalisation on a cinema we take a look back at when cinemas were in their pomp. The city has always been […]