Election 2012: Candidate Focus: Sharoe Green: John Wilson

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Election 2012: Candidate Focus: Sharoe Green: John Wilson

1st, May 2012 by Ryan Owen Gibson

Below is the latest post in our series of Q&As with election candidates standing to be councillors in Preston. The election takes place on Thursday 3 May 2012 and we’ve emailed this list of questions or posted it through every candidate’s door so you can find out what’s beyond the name on the ballot paper and what they will do for your local area if [...]

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Elections 2012: Candidate Focus: Tulketh: Matthew Brown

1st, May 2012 by Ryan Owen Gibson

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Election 2012: Candidate focus: Deepdale: Terry Cartwright

30th, April 2012 by Ed Walker

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Election 2012: Candidate Focus: Fishwick: Martyn Rawlinson

30th, April 2012 by Ed Walker

Below is the first post in our series of Q&As with election candidates standing to be councillors in Preston. The election takes place on Thursday 3 May 2012 and we’ve emailed this list of questions or posted it through every candidate’s door so you can find out what’s beyond the name on the ballot paper and what they will do for your local area if [...]

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Preston Past: Fishergate,100 years of change (Part 2)

25th, April 2012 by Paul D. Swarbrick

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. [...]

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Fishergate 1862 near the railway station. Photograph by Robert Pateson

Preston Past: Fishergate,100 years of change (Part 1)

18th, April 2012 by Paul D. Swarbrick

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 [...]

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Preston Past: Avenham & Miller Parks (Part 2)

11th, April 2012 by Paul D. Swarbrick

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 & Co. As with Avenham Park, Miller Park [...]

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Opening times over Easter: Council offices, leisure centres, markets and rubbish collections

3rd, April 2012 by Ed Walker

The Easter Holidays are nearly upon us and below is information about when council services will be open. The Town Hall will be closed on Good Friday, 6th April and will not re-open until Tuesday 10th April. Lancastria House and Birley Street will also be closed. The general emergency contact number is 01772 906916 and the Housing Advice emergency contact number is 01772 251076. Fulwood [...]

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Adopt a Preston pet: Mindy

10th, March 2012 by Ed Walker

Some of you might be familiar with the Pet of the Week feature we used to run on Blog Preston, in light of the recent financial troubles at the RSPCA we’ve decided to change Pet of the Week to a far more worthy feature. Every week we’ll be feature an animal from the Preston RSPCA centre in Ribbleton who is up for re-homing. This will [...]

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Met Office issue severe weather warning for North West

5th, January 2012 by Joseph Stashko

The Met Office have issued a severe weather warning based on high winds for the North West. Strong gusts up to 93 miles an hour were recorded across the region late on Wednesday evening and the public are being advised to take extra care after yesterday saw incidents of property damage caused by high gusts of wind. West or northwesterly winds are likely to continue [...]

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Preston council services Christmas and New Year opening times

22nd, December 2011 by Ed Walker

Preston City Council begin their shutdown for the Christmas holidays from 2pm tomorrow. All council offices close at 2pm on Friday 23rd December and will not re-open until Tuesday 3rd January. Here we have a run down of what is open and what isn’t over the holiday period. Fulwood and West View Leisure Centres Fulwood Christmas Eve – 8am to 12noon Christmas Day – Closed [...]

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Christmas opening hours of supermarkets near Preston

13th, December 2011 by Ed Walker

As we head towards Christmas we’ve collected together the opening hours over the festive season of the major supermarkets near Preston. See below to find your local big supermarket and their opening times. We’re unable to get hold of the Morrisons Christmas opening times at the moment. Asda Fulwood Friday 23rd December – 24 hours Christmas Eve – 6am to 7pm Christmas Day – closed [...]

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Harris Museum begins revamp as building work commences

11th, October 2011 by Joseph Stashko

In 2010 the Harris Museum & Art Gallery was successful in its bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund to create a new history gallery for the 2012 Preston Guild – now work is ready to commence. The project, also supported by the Harris Trust and Friends of the Harris Museum, will create a new space filled with art works including the 12,000 year old [...]

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