Interview with Preston’s prolific photographer

If you haven’t heard of Flickr, it’s a photo sharing website and allows people to post their photos onto the web. Within it there is a Preston group, where people can post photos of the city. The group has just over 9,000 photos in it and one man has taken hundreds, if not thousands of them, Tony Worrall. read article »

Preston dock crane driver Richard Taylor

After the posting of photos and videos of Preston Docks on the web, I wanted to speak to someone who had worked there during its heyday – and one man appeared in many of the photos, Richard Taylor. read article »

Interview with local actor Alex Moran

Alex Moran is in his final year at university, yet the star in the making has already secured a prominent place in the upcoming production of ‘Blackjack’, which has been commissioned to play at The Lowry in Manchester next year. read article »

Klint’s Flowers

Happy go lucky Klint Turner, 35, of Klint’s Flowers, Preston, sees good luck and opportunity as the key of his success in business. read article »

Interview with Krystal Gault of Kitsch Monkey Productions

Krystal Gault is enjoying a half of lager ahead of the screening of her first music video at the New Continental on the August Bank Holiday. She takes a drag of a cigarette and greets me, she’s a little nervous ahead of the screening.

“This is our first music video”, she says, “I really hope people turn up!” read article »

Should Preston honour Andrew Flintoff with a statue?

A fine test cricket career has come to an end for Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff and he finished by helping England to recapture the Ashes. read article »

Preston man’s charity ride on a Brompton bike

A father from Preston, Chris Maiden, is cycling 300 km from London to Paris on his beloved Brompton bike for the Meningitis Trust this month.

The 300K is a challenge in itself for any keen cyclist, however Chris has decided to challenge himself even further by using a bike that folds to the size of a large carrier bag, has 16″ wheels and only 3 gears instead of a more standard road bike. read article »