Wake me up on Friday in time for Preston Guild. There are some great things being planned, but here is our plan.
Saturday 1st September will be our main day. Will be fighting the crowds flooding in for the Final Proclamation on the Flag Market. Then will we find a great spot to watch the Trades Procession and will we get a piece of Preston Cake City. These are major questions.
The proclamation is at 10.30am, the Trades Procession starts at 11am presumably from Moor Park so what time does it hit the centre, before 12? The Square Food Festival with Victorian Pop Up Pie Shop in Winckley Square and drink as well! Probably should get the Guild train if there is one. Then those City cakes; will we be able to eat the Harris Museum Cake and what time is it eaten.
Fill up then float into Avenham Park to look at the Vintage Market on the Promenade and take in the atmosphere and activity in both Avenham and Miller Parks. My wife’s great at threadwork so we’ll be looking at craft. There are plenty of displays and shows as well as Tringe Festival activities in the centre, but we’ll take that as it comes.
Discover Preston in the Harris Museum and Art Gallery will be a must see but maybe in mid-week and we had a preview when it was half open. We’ve seen the Deltic in the Ribble Steam Railway so we’re already Guild hardened.
Question marks over going to the fair on Moor Park, sounds good. Then there is the Torchlight Procession on Friday night.
Will we be get so carried away we buy a Preston Guild flag to hoist outside our house, and the mandatory plate or cup to be handed down as done by our forefathers.
Looking at the longer term weather forecast it looks dry on Saturday. See you there!