Preston Guild
New World Festival due to take place in Preston during summer of 2014
A new summer festival is set to be one of the legacies left by Preston Guild 2012. The city council’s cabinet met on Thursday to agree the city needs more events to keep the Guild feeling going. Now councillors want to see a weekend long multi cultural World Festival starting from summer 2014. A report to the council said: “A multi cultural ‘World Festival’ – [...]
36 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Official Record of the Preston Guild 2012 available to pre-order
A chance to have a permanent memory of the 2012 Preston Guild goes on sale next week. The Official Record is a full colour 250-page publication with photos, memories and facts about the celebration. It starts with a historical lookback at previous Guilds, followed by insight into the planning and behind the scenes work from all the Guild team. There are superb images of the [...]
38 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Cultural Festival vision for city following Guild legacy
Preston City Council hope to follow up the success of last years Preston Guild with a new ‘weekend cultural festival.’ Yet to be agreed, the new event could see the best of Mela and Caribbean carnival together with community and faith groups. The idea is o celebrate the diverse cultural heritage of the city through music, traditional and contemporary workshops and world food. The Guild [...]
79 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Mayor’s charity ball to round off Guild year
Preston’s Guild Mayor will bring the curtain down on a busy year wearing the chains with a big bash at the Guild Hall. The Mayor’s charity ball takes place on Friday 22 March and tickets have gone on sale. The 2012 to 2013 stint as Mayor has been an eventful one for councillor Carl Crompton who played an important role in all the major ceremonial [...]
108 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Opinion: Call that a parade? A view on the Guild Trades procession from the other side of the Pond
Visiting Preston for the 2012 Guild in the summer, I was surprised by the difference between parades in the States – my now home – compared to my hometown of Preston. First a little about the history of the Rose Parade in my neck of the woods, California. This uniquely American event began as a promotional effort by Pasadena’s distinguished Valley Hunt Club. In the [...]
108 days ago by David Hughlock Share
Dr. Alan Crosby At The Preston Historical Society
A capacity audience ensued at a meeting of the Preston Historical Society which was held on Monday evening of 7th January 2013. All were delightfully entertained and well informed by a talk of Preston’s renowned historian, Dr. Alan Crosby – ‘The History of our River: Preston and the River Ribble from prehistory to the present day’. Alan described the evolution of the River Ribble before [...]
129 days ago by Paul D. Swarbrick Share