DJ Des Grant is lending a hand to help raise funds for Haiti this Friday 19th February at Jalgos Sports and Social Club. The fundraiser promises a fantastic evening of cultural entertainment including music, African drumming, Caribbean Expressive dancing, limbo dancing, masquerade dancing, poetry, charity auction and food. Runs from 7pm til late. Adults £5. Children aged 12-16 £2.
In 1963 the Lancashire Evening Post ran a story about a colour bar operating in Preston. An organized pub crawl organized by the Commonwealth Association discovered two bars in the town were openly running a colour bar; those pubs were the Old Britannia and the Old Black Bull situated in and around Friargate. The Old Britannia went as far as having a sign saying ‘No [...]
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The campaign to save Preston’s principal West Indian social club is in full swing following the approval of Tithebarn plans. Preston City Council’s £700m plan for Tithebarn has caused problems for Jalgos, which will be forced to relocate to make way for space for buses to reverse into. The Jalgos Sports and Social club was formed almost 50 years ago and a campaign is ongoing [...]
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