Monthly Archives: February 2009

House prices in Lancashire

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Pete of MIP

Have house prices reached the bottom yet?  There are a few sources of prices but the Land Registry is the only one that bases them on actual paid prices. The data from them is a bit slower than the Halifax and Nationwide … Continue reading →

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Female Referees

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Pete of MIP

BBC Radio 4 went to Leyland (north of Preston I’m sure she said) in their ‘Today’ current affairs programme at 8am this week. The Lancashire FA are training female referees and this was national news. The FA are looking for more female … Continue reading →

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Preston Vision

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Pete of MIP

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UK a centre of excellence for European rail manufacturing

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Pete of MIP

An interest in made in …. and trains got me to prick up my ears when Geoff Hoon announced this week he is going to make the UK a centre of excellence for European rail manufacturing.  This sounds encouraging but on closer … Continue reading →

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First of the Few

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Pete of MIP

Watched a DVD – First of the Few - last night, a freeby from the Daily Mail. It’s a wartime propaganda film about the development of the Spitfire. A great story although the film has a few porkies.  What has this got … Continue reading →

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High Speed Rail

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Pete of MIP

A bit of doubt has been sown about the proposed route for the new High Speed Rail line and how far it will go.  Only the line to Rugby is being planned this year and then a plan will be … Continue reading →

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Fragile Heritage

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Pete of MIP

Yesterday I went to a talk at Alston Hall by Stephen Sartin on the subject of Characters of Preston. It made me think about the fragility of our heritage.  It’s easy to knock stuff down but it can never be put … Continue reading →

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National Football Museum

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Pete of MIP

Been some debate about moving the Football Museum to Wembley. Don’t see why. Wembley gets big crowds for the few games it holds but is miles out of the centre. I only see it when travelling at 100mph on a … Continue reading →

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Lancashire

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Pete of MIP

Writing the opening blog post set me thinking that there is another matter that can’t pass unsaid.  In 1974 they re-organised local government so that the border of Lancashire changed and it became a lot smaller.  Manchester and Merseyside took a third each and … Continue reading →

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Preston city crest on buses

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Pete of MIP

Last year there was a debate about whether the Preston city crest should be on the city bus fleet. With the takeover by Stagecoach this has been fulfilled without any controversial political decision. Stagecoach have been very fast at putting … Continue reading →

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Made in Preston – first post

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Pete of MIP

It’s just another blog on the wall.  Made in Preston, including the surrounding area in Lancashire and the North West of England. Linked to the website www.madeinpreston.co.uk The website started mainly about aircraft and buses. Soon it got a bit of … Continue reading →

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