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- Harris Art Gallery Exhibition – Beautiful and Brutal 50 years of Preston Bus Station
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- 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
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- Dear Harris
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- Ikea at Cuerden
- Preston’s New Market
- Penwortham By Pass
- New Road Costs increase by £60m
- Delay to Rail Electrification to Manchester
- Another step on the Preston Tramlink
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- Preston based artist wins Turner Prize
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Railway Anniversary Month and Strand Road closure
August 1968 was the month of the last steam services. Preston was involved in these services. Also in August 2018 Alstom officially closed the Strand Road West Works were trams, trains and motors had been built for over a 100 … Continue reading
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Tagged Deltic, Last steam train, Strand Road West Works
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