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		<title>Open meeting in Preston Bus Station to re-imagine its future</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/05/open-meeting-in-preston-bus-station-to-re-imagine-its-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 19:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Blackburn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Preston Bus Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gate 81]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preston’s threatened bus station was, yet again, the centre of attention yesterday as the venue for Gate 81’s event to re-imagine its uncertain future. The Gate 81 project was set up by Sally Stone and Dominic Roberts from Continuity in Architecture and Ruth Heritage from Preston based They Eat Culture. It provides a forum for all those interested parties who wish to see the iconic building saved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Two Great Events at Preston&#8217;s Prestfest 2013</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/05/review-two-great-events-at-prestons-prestfest-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cut Throat Tour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday evening, 4th May 2013, Preston&#8217;s Prestfest event proved to be a night of fabulous all round outdoor city centre entertainment. Murder most horrid was apparent on the streets of Preston when the Wooden Spoons Theatre company presented their &#8216;Cut Throat Tour&#8217;. This exceptional performance was part of a walk around the Church Street area of Preston led by three of the Wooden Spoons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Lucy Rose at 53 Degrees</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/05/review-lucy-rose-at-53-degrees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 13:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Melling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lucy Rose released her first album last year. It&#8217;s called &#8216;Like I used to&#8221; and it&#8217;s a great album. I&#8217;ve been listening to it almost non-stop since I bought it a few weeks ago and I&#8217;ve been looking forward to her gig at 53 Degrees ever since it was announced. One of the great things about this venue is the intimate surroundings and that intimacy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Dr. Keith Vernon Gives Talk On Jan Chlebik&#8217;s Preston Panoramas</title>
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		<comments>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/05/review-dr-keith-vernon-gives-talk-on-jan-chlebiks-preston-panoramas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 19:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr Keith Vernon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gillian a. lawson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[museum of lancashire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan Chlebik&#8217;s Preston Panorama Photograph exhibition is currently being held at the Museum of Lancashire in Preston. On Sunday afternoon of the 28th April,  Dr Keith Vernon, the Principal Lecturer in History at UCLan, gave a talk explaining the concept of the panorama images and their meaning to the people of Preston in relation to the Preston  Guild 2012. The panoramic photographs are of people involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The disappearing gravestones: Longridge headstones struggling to be seen</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/05/the-disappearing-gravestones-longridge-headstones-struggling-to-be-seen/</link>
		<comments>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/05/the-disappearing-gravestones-longridge-headstones-struggling-to-be-seen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Walker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[longridge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the graveyard detective]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Residents in Longridge are becoming concerned with overgrown graveyards. Local blogger Laurence Manton has posted about how he feels the headstones at St Wilfrid&#8217;s Church are being treated as stepping stones. He writes: &#8220;While this sort of thing is increasingly done across Britain, I have a concern. In the case of Longridge, many of the headstones, which bear the names of individuals and family members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cliff Astin At The Preston Historical Society</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/04/cliff-astin-at-the-preston-historical-society/</link>
		<comments>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/04/cliff-astin-at-the-preston-historical-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul D. Swarbrick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lune street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methodist Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portrait Of A Village]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preston]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Whalley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The recent meeting of the Preston Historical Society of Monday evening, 8th April 2013 was attended by guest speaker  and local historian Cliff Astin, who gave a fascinating  and concise presentation of ‘Whalley – Portrait of a Village’. The audience of members and guest visitors learned of the historically steeped history of the beautiful village of Whalley and its surrounding areas, and the significance of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Journey to the End of the World at Preston Bus Station</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/03/review-journey-to-the-end-of-the-world-at-preston-bus-station/</link>
		<comments>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/03/review-journey-to-the-end-of-the-world-at-preston-bus-station/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Blackburn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I witnessed the end of the world at Preston bus station, and as you’d expect, it was epic! The threatened Preston landmark played host to a sold out evening of performance, prose and poetry that seemed to go down a storm with Preston’s culture vultures. The unique event was organised by Preston based arts group They Eat Culture and Lancashire Writing Hub who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: Why we&#8217;re battling to improve the parks of Sharoe Green</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/03/opinion-why-were-battling-to-improve-the-parks-of-sharoe-green/</link>
		<comments>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/03/opinion-why-were-battling-to-improve-the-parks-of-sharoe-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[levensgarth park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharoe Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharoe green community association]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody needs reminding of the effects on local services and infrastructure of the current economic climate. Nor are we blind to the outcomes that large budget reductions and a lack of funding have on the condition of our parks. The Sharoe Green and Sherwood Community Association has for a number of years had complaints about the condition of the three parks in our locality (Garstang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council Tax bills arrive in Preston</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/03/council-tax-bills-arrive-in-preston/</link>
		<comments>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/03/council-tax-bills-arrive-in-preston/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Worrall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preston Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[council tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Council tax bills for the 2013/14 tax year have been dropping through Preston letterboxes this week. Although it is never good to receive demands for money this year there is good news and bad news. The bad news is Preston council have increased their portion of the council tax receipts. While Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles accused English councils of &#8220;cheating their taxpayers&#8221; by increasing local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preston Bus Station makes an appearance on the BBC Politics Show</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/03/preston-bus-station-makes-an-appearance-on-the-bbc-politics-show/</link>
		<comments>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/03/preston-bus-station-makes-an-appearance-on-the-bbc-politics-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Blackburn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preston Bus Station]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preston Bus Station received national media coverage today in a feature on BBC2’s Daily &#38; Sunday Politics Show. The show’s ‘Soapbox’ segment was presented by long-time Preston Bus Station campaigner John Wilson. Joining presenters Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn were Culture Secretary Ed Vaizey, RIBA President Angela Brady and Shadow Environment Secretary Mary Creagh. Despite recent news stories reporting that The 20th Century Society has [...]]]></description>
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