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Information about things made in Preston and its surrounding area.
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Recent Posts
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- A walk in Preston 21st October 2023
- Avenham Park in June 2023
- Preston to Leyland and back by bus and train 11th May 2023
- A Walk in Preston 27th April 2023
- The Mayor of Preston Visits The Ribble Steam Railway 25th March 2023
- A walk in Preston Centre 21st March 2023
- A Walk in Preston Centre 10th March 2023
- A walk in Preston Centre and Beatrice Todd on International Women’s Day 8th March 2023
- Deepdale Retail Centre and Preston Football Ground walk – 11th February 2023
- Well known Preston historian dies
- Preston Centre walk 31st January 2023
- A few photos of Preston 9th January 2023
- Book Review: Types and Shadows – A history of Preston City Parish
- A few photos from a walk in Preston 1st November 2022
- Harris Museum and Art Gallery Jigsaw 2022
- Covid 19 data in Preston March 15th 2021
- British Commercial Vehicle Museum re-opens after Covid Closure
- Harris Your Place – Plan up for Review
- Work Starts on new Western Distributor Road
- The Harris Open Art Exhibition 2019
- Trains in Preston: A time of change December 2019
- Harris Art Gallery Exhibition – Beautiful and Brutal 50 years of Preston Bus Station
- A Walk from Preston Station
- Railway Improvements – New trains and electrification Northern Rail
- A visit to The Ribble Steam Railway and Museum
- Old Tram Road Bridge Closed
- Museum of the Moon at the Harris
- The Preston Open Art Exhibition at The Harris
- Wires to Bolton
- The Harris: The Renewal
- Harris 125th and Triple Exhibition
- North End low down
- Railway Anniversary Month and Strand Road closure
- Barton Grange turns on the entertainment with style
- Dear Harris
- Tail winds at BAE Systems Lancashire
- Comics at the Harris
- Fair Do to Northern Rail?
- Ikea pull out, will NHS move in
Archives
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Liam Fox in Saudi Arabia supporting local industry
It is reported the UK Minister of Defence Liam Fox is meeting the King of Saudi Arabia and will discuss potential arms sales. The US has recently announced the sale of $100bn of arms to the region and the UK … Continue reading
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High Speed Rail to go ahead
It was announced this week that the extension of high speed rail north from London will go ahead and not be part of a spending reduction. The statement was that building would begin in 2015 to Birmingham and then be extended to Manchester … Continue reading
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Andrew Flintoff – Freeman of Preston retires
On the last day of the cricket season Andrew Flintoff MBE, Freeman of Preston, former captain of the Lancashire and England cricket teams, 2005 BBC sports personality of year, 2005 joint cricketer of the year, scorer of the most 6’s for England announced … Continue reading
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Burnley 1 Referee 3 PNE 3
North End live on BBC2 today and looking good at 3-1 in the lead. Then a bit of an incident where Burnley thought a PNE player had handled although it looked one of those unavoidable handballs. The ref looked a … Continue reading
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3rd degree vulnerability in Preston
The data research company Experian has published an analysis that shows the areas around Preston to be more vulnerable than average to government cut-backs. Out of 324 areas Preston and its surroundings are generally in the third quartile 0r positioned around 250th. … Continue reading
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BAE trims its cloth
Around 450 jobs are to go at BAE SYSTEMS Warton and Samlesbury plants out of a total of 950 that will be shed nationally. In such a large company it could be expected that there will be a lot of … Continue reading
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