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Read about Preston and it's surrounding area on this website.
The Guild Merchant has continued to celebrate the businesses of Preston since 1179 and the next one is 2012.
Great things have been made in the area and some still are: most of the RAF's current fighter aircraft and Leyland Trucks. Previously buses like the Leyland Atlantean and its predecessors, Atkinsons trucks, the Deltic prototype locomotive, 1000's of trams and large electric motors, miles of cotton and rayon fabric.
Inventions from Preston like the Arkwright water frame spinning machine that transformed cotton manufacturing and made a big contribution to the machine age.
Leyland Trucks Overall Winner in Manufacturing Excellence Awards for the second year runnning, June 2010 - Read more
On 12th July 2010 BAE SYSTEMS at Warton unveiled Taranis, a prototype stealthy Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) to be capable of striking long range targets that has taken 3.5 years to produce and will fly in 2011. Read more.
On 14th July Kirsty Henshaw of Preston, creator of Worthenshaws Iced Dessert successfully presented to the BBC Dragons Den. Read more on the blog.
Photo of: Fulwood Barracks built in 1842 after the Chartist Riots.
In February 2009 our Made in Preston blog was started. It is fully moderated and tends to stray off topic.
Diary of things in and around Preston
www.madeinpreston.co.uk - since 2002.
