Lisa McManus

Born in sunny Preston, lived in Brighton and London. Enjoy documenting mine and my son's travels around the parks and streets of Preston, writing about anything arts, travel or film related. Like meeting quirky characters, passionate people and earwigging other people's conversations. Also pen a fictional online diary under a different name, its occasionally published in the LEP & makes me chuckle every time I write it! Contact me at lisa@blogpreston.co.uk

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Jacobite: The Preston Fight

30th, March 2012 by

It kicked off proper on Church Street last night, just like the old days November 1715 to be precise, as Preston’s Uneasy Theatre and Cardinal Newman Dance Academy joined forces to recreate the last battle fought on English soil. Jacobite: The Preston Fight told the story of the battle on Church Street during the struggle to reinstate the Stuart Monarchs. First performed in the 1992 [...]
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Roe Deer Spotted Close to Fylde Road

10th, May 2011 by

Yesterday evening myself and my young son spotted a young deer bounding across the play area on Maudland Bank, behind UCLAN’s Media Factory. It was an amazing sight to see a wild animal within such a heavily populated area. As it sprang off in the direction of Fylde Road I wondered if sightings of deer were common within Preston and if we see it again [...]
Fired 4 U

Ever wanted to set up your own business in Preston? Part One

14th, February 2011 by

Ever fancied working for yourself? Despite these lean times now may be a better time than ever to set up a business. The government plans to roll out the National Enterprise Allowance, a package of up to £2,000 available to unemployed people wanting to set up their own businesses, later this year and with online tools such as social networking and blogging it is becoming [...]
Penny Slot Machine

Good Old Fashioned Fun

6th, January 2011 by

Fancy a bracing New Year’s walk with a non-calorific treat at the end of it? Earlier this week we braved the gnarly weather and headed to Southport for a stroll along Southport Pier and a play on some old fashioned penny slot machines.
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Seven Tips For Christmas Family Fun in Preston

15th, December 2010 by

Stuck for things to do with the kids over Christmas? Don’t fear, we have the lowdown on what’s on over the festive period.
Santa's Tree Top House

Ribby Hall Village: a winter wonderland

7th, December 2010 by

It’s not every morning breakfast is interrupted by a troupe of ducks waddling past your window, usually it’s the sound of a car alarm or a bus thundering past the house. But then we weren’t in central Preston when our feathered friends popped round; no we were taking a short break near Wrea Green. Yes, holidaying just nine miles from sunny Preston. It may seem [...]

Nights to Remember

26th, September 2010 by

Bumped into a ghost from drunken past last weekend and we started talking about places we used to frequent in the early 90′s. There was an abundance of places to go out in Preston back then, the country was in recession but everyone was still partying hard. I wanted to pay tribute the the crazy days and ask you, the readers of Blog Preston, to [...]
Lancaster Canal

An Amble along Lancaster Canal

16th, August 2010 by

Yey the sun has arrived! Its the middle of August but I’m not complaining, I fancied a day out of town so go to dust my bike down and discover two broken brakes and a puncture in each tyre. Oh. Looks like I’m on foot again. Eager to hug a few trees I head down to Aqueduct Street, duck through some trees and onto the [...]
Harris Museum and Art Gallery

The Six Weeks of Summer

16th, July 2010 by

Wa-hey, the summer holidays are upon us! Here’s our Top Ten recommendations to keep the kids, and you, entertained in the city this summer…
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Glastonferret 2010

8th, June 2010 by

Couldn’t get tickets for Glastonbury? Can’t be bothered trying to find your tent after ten hours of bands and a vat full of ale? Gotta get up with the kids in the morning? Picked up a flyer for this year’s Glastonferret this morning and looks like it could top the fun of last year’s madcap event at Preston’s Mad Ferret.
Finish Line!

Moonlight Walk

6th, June 2010 by

I never thought I’d see a snake of women dressed in pink with flashing bunny ears marching up Fishergate Hill towards the city centre at 1am on a Sunday morning. Judging by the reactions of some befuddled onlookers, neither did they! Last night, Saturday 5th June, we joined the 2,000 women walking a half marathon around the city to raise money for St Catherine’s Hospice. [...]

Blood Wedding 27 & 28 May

15th, May 2010 by

Screaming Theatre’s latest production is the passionate and poetic masterpiece Blood Wedding by Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca.

Strolling with Spiderman

9th, May 2010 by

I am training for the Moonlight Walk. It’s an organised half marathon walk to raise money for St Catherine’s Hospice. I will be walking with a close friend in memory of her lovely mum, whose life was cut short by cancer last Christmas. Training started yesterday with a not too gruelling thirty laps of the pool. With a strict regime to stick to, ahem, I [...]
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