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		<title>Preston Past: Fishergate,100 years of change (Part 5)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This week we take the final part of our journey along the south side of Fishergate looking at the buildings, shops and alleyways going in a westerly direction. Looking at the above image from 1901, we can see a view of part of the south side of Fishergate and how splendidly ornate the shops looked at that time. The street just to the right of centre is Guildhall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preston Past: Fishergate,100 years of change (Part 4)</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/05/preston-past-fishergate100-years-of-change-part-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 08:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southeast side of Fishergate during 1902 Preston Guild  In this weeks Preston Past we continue with the changing views over 100 years along the south side of Fishergate in a westerly direction. In the above splendid image of Fishergate in 1902, we can see a view of the buildings from Glover&#8217;s Court to the west side of Cannon Street. The shop premises on the far left was originally Woolworth &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preston Past: Fishergate,100 years of change (Part 3)</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/05/preston-past-fishergate100-years-of-change-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 08:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In this weeks Preston Past we take a look at the south side of Fishergate from where it meets with Church Street and continues in a westerly direction. At the junction of Church Street and Fishergate on the south side there is a narrow passageway, which is the site of one of the many &#8216;Burgess plots&#8217; (see footnote) that there is in this area of Preston. This passageway is known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preston Past: Fishergate,100 years of change (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/04/preston-past-fishergate100-years-of-change-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/04/preston-past-fishergate100-years-of-change-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Compare the above image of Fishergate around 1898 with the Fishergate 1952 below. It is interesting to note how much changed in only 50 years or so. Both images show the Gilbert Scott Town Hall, except that in the 1898 image the Town Hall was still in remarkably fine condition; whereas, in the lower 1952 image the Town Hall tower is somewhat truncated due to the fire damage it suffered in 1947. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preston Past: Fishergate,100 years of change (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/04/preston-past-fishergate100-years-of-change-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/04/preston-past-fishergate100-years-of-change-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogpreston.co.uk/?p=13800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The three oldest streets in Preston are, Churchgate (now Church Street), Friargate and Fishergate. The latter has always been a thriving area for shoppers, places of entertainment and eventually the emergence of the railway station. The image below shows a photograph of Fishergate taken by Robert Pateson in 1862. The photographer would have been situated with Butler Street a little further behind him to the right. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preston Past: Avenham &amp; Miller Parks (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/04/preston-past-avenham-miller-parks-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avenham and Miller parks were both opened in 1867, however, Miller Park was created on land extending from the East Lancashire Railway to the North Union Railway embankments and was laid out on eleven acres of land which was donated to Preston Corporation by Alderman Thomas Miller, a principal partner in the  firm of cotton manufacturers, Horrocks, Miller &#38; Co. As with Avenham Park, Miller Park [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preston Past: Avenham &amp; Miller Parks (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Avenham Valley from the Vicarage Grounds,Preston 1862 (Courtesy of Preston City Council) A very early image of the area that was soon to be transformed into Avenham Park. This photograph was taken from the back of the old Vicarage garden in East Cliff. It appears that sleepers, rails and a quantity of cast iron chairs are stacked at the bottom of the slope in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preston Past: An Area Known As Bamber’s Yard (Final Part)</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/03/preston-past-an-area-known-as-bambers-yard-final-part/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second and final installment from last week&#8217;s article involves the remainder of the Bamber&#8217;s Yard area. Immediately below is an aerial image showing the complete area including the remaining part for the conclusion of our journey into the past of the Bamber&#8217;s Yard labyrinth. It is most probable that Prestonians of a certain age, at some time, will have walked along George&#8217;s Road down to Chapel Walks and Lune Street or vice versa. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ghostly memories of the former Preston Workhouse Hospital</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/03/ghostly-memories-of-the-former-preston-workhouse-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Walker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preston ghosts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preston workhouse ghost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preston workhouse hospital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeing a photo of the former Preston Workhouse Hospital in glorious Spring sunshine reminded a woman who used to live there of its past. Ruth Bond, who now lives in Fulwood, spent four years of her childhood running through the corridors, cellars and gardens of the former hospital. The building, now owned by the NHS and University of Central Lancashire, used to be a care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preston Past: An Area Known As Bamber&#8217;s Yard</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/03/preston-past-an-area-known-as-bambers-yard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1960's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alleyways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anchor court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aspinall street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bamber's yard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chapel walks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lune street]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogpreston.co.uk/?p=13092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Aerial View Of The Area With Annotated Street Names &#38; Approximate Layout &#160; Up to the mid 1960&#8242;s the area surrounded by Fishergate, Lune Street, Friargate and Market Place (Cheapside) was densely populated with old buildings which appeared to be built in quite an ad hoc fashion. It comprised of mainly six small streets and alleyways; Anchor Court, Bamber&#8217;s Yard, St. George&#8217;s Road, Aspinall [...]]]></description>
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