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Harris Library to host a series of author talks and visits

The Harris Library is set to host an array of literary events over the coming weeks. These are scheduled for the most part, for the first Saturday afternoon of each […]

9 years ago
Mystery of Prescott’s Court on student apartments construction site in Friargate

As most Prestonians will know, there has been a demolition of properties in an area on lower Friargate, to the north side of Great Shaw Street. The properties concerned in […]

9 years ago
School children learn about the history of Preston’s fabulous Winckley Square

The Winckley Square Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) is now underway.  A group of 12 children from Grange Primary School visited on Friday 30 January. They carried out research and enjoyed […]

9 years ago
Explore the old and new in this fascinating account of changing Preston

The Historic City of Preston has seen many changes over the years and with so many these changes is it wonderful to see just how may places and buildings are […]

9 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Read the September issue of The Preston Magazine

The 20th issue of the Preston Magazine has been released exploring the history of the city. In this issue of the magazine there is fabulous amount of local historical reading matter; a […]

10 years ago
A step back in time into Preston’s Winckley Square (part 1)

  Winckley Square in Preston is one of those places that is ubiquitous to most Prestonian’s. However,  in general people take it for granted in one way or another. I […]

10 years ago
Mystery of the missing Preston Dock door handles

A recent Facebook discussion raised concern when it was discovered the ornate brass door handles of a Preston building went missing. The marvelous gold looking boat shaped handles, seen above, […]

10 years ago
A brief history of Preston’s former public tramways

With the recent announcement of the possible re-use of a section of the former Preston and Longridge railway line as a new tramway for Preston, we thought that it would […]

10 years ago
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