A Preston night in flames
Lava and Ignite Wednesday is considered by most to be the most popular student night in Preston. Dan Birch spoke to the director of the club, the man largely responsible for bringing you the nightlife of Preston that we know today. read article »
An Amble along Lancaster Canal
Yey the sun has arrived! Its the middle of August but I’m not complaining, I fancied a day out of town so go to dust my bike down and discover two broken brakes and a puncture in each tyre. Oh. Looks like I’m on foot again. Eager to hug a few trees I head down to Aqueduct Street, duck through some trees and onto the beginning of the Lancaster Canal.
Government cutbacks end free Preston swimming
Government cutbacks have seen an end to free swimming for children and pensioners in Preston.
A decision made in June to stop funding free swimming means that as of Sunday 31st July everyone would be paying for their pool time at Preston’s Fulwood and West View Leisure Centres. read article »
The Six Weeks of Summer
Wa-hey, the summer holidays are upon us! Here’s our Top Ten recommendations to keep the kids, and you, entertained in the city this summer…
Lancashire Style Magazine
Want to know what’s happening in your local area? Want to know what’s hot? What’s happening? Where to be seen? Of course you do, that’s why you’re reading Blog Preston!
If you still want more, Lancashire Style is a new online magazine read article »
Blood Wedding 27 & 28 May
Screaming Theatre’s latest production is the passionate and poetic masterpiece Blood Wedding by Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca.
OLD PUBS OF PRESTON – A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Inns, taverns and beer houses in Preston in the early to mid-1800’s were largely different from what we might imagine.
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Strolling with Spiderman
I am training for the Moonlight Walk. It’s an organised half marathon walk to raise money for St Catherine’s Hospice. I will be walking with a close friend in memory of her lovely mum, whose life was cut short by cancer last Christmas. Training started yesterday with a not too gruelling thirty laps of the pool. With a strict regime to stick to, ahem, I enticed my four year old out into the brilliant sunshine to take a mystery tour of Preston. The deal was I’d write the words and he would take the pictures. Here’s where we headed…
Friendly Steam Engines head for Preston
Do your kids or grand children adore trains? If so they’ll love the Friendly Engines visiting the Ribble Steam Railway this May Bank Holiday Weekend.
Preston Tringe Festival 2010
After the success of the first and highly acclaimed Preston Tringe festival last year, this year’s line up is already bursting with acts to appear at venues across the city centre.
Birds, Bees & Black Leopards
In my last article I gave ideas as to how to create a wildlife oasis in ones very own back garden and I was pleased to hear some of the success stories but now we are reaching the time of year when a great variety of birds will abandon city life and head off to a more rural surrounding. Yes, it’s the breeding season and it’s all beginning to happen out there.
Word Soup
Preston’s excellent live-lit night Word Soup is one year old this month! And to celebrate Lancashire Writing Hub will be presenting the cream of Lancashire’s writing talent plucked from previous Word Soup nights and launching the first ever Word Soup publication. Jane Brunning from Lancashire Writing Hub gave us the lowdown….
Get Involved!
Interested in seeing the Odeon re-open in town? Want to get involved? The Former Odeon (New Vic) Action Group Meeting is being held this Thursday 8th April 2010 at the Mitchell & Kenyon Cinema, UCLAN Foster Building from 7-9pm. The meeting is open to all who want to help and find out more about the project. The project is being widely discussed on the Facebook Group and on a previous post here at Blog Preston.
Keep the kids entertained this Easter!
Got younger family members to entertain this Easter? There’s plenty going on around town to keep little people out of mischief, whether it’s rain or shine!
Charlie & Lola come to Preston
Well timed for the Easter break Lauren Child’s comical sibling double act come to Preston’s Charter Theatre. Charlie and Lola, stars of the well loved kid’s TV series and children’s books, will be brought to life by a magical mix of puppets and music, with stories adapted from some of the funniest episodes.
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