Details of the Olympic Flame route have been released today, and the good news is that it’ll be taking a trip through Preston. Around 8,000 people in the UK have […]

This week’s picture comes from the Harris Museum collection and is a sculpture by George Frederick Watts. The sculpture is of the sea-nymph Clytie, captured here in black and white […]

  Originally known as the Castle Inn and was built in 1623, the Castle Hotel was situated in Cheapside opposite the Market Square.  It was very much a favourite hostelry in the […]

The last week or so has been a busy one from a photography point of view. A few ‘urban portraits’ sorted and posted on my web site, then we had […]

I have a funny feeling this train was actually leaving Preston Station but that didn’t really work as a title! Having spent about half an hour on the old East […]

Old Town Hall of 1781 – 1862 This is a view from Fishergate of the ‘Old’ Town Hall of Preston, occupying the site of the present Crystal House which replaced the former Town Hall of the […]

This week’s photograph is another of Preston’s landmark buildings which tends to divide opinion, but perhaps not with quite as much passion as the bus station to which it is […]

Preston Council’s budget proposals have been passed, with both Conservative and Liberal Democrat amendments rejected. The council will see its budget reduced by £5.5m (46%), a figure that Councillor Peter […]