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Bonfire Night: Firework displays in and around Preston

It’s almost the time of year again to remember, remember the 5th of November and celebrate Guy Fawkes Night with things that go ‘bang’. This year the bonfire season starts a little earlier on 3rd November with many bonfires lit on the Saturday night. Around Preston there will be many professional organised displays taking place. Grouped together here are the ones taking place in and [...]

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The Hewitson Diaries: A Journalist’s Life in Victorian Britain

26 October marks the centenary of the death of noted Preston journalist Anthony Hewitson (1836-1912) A one man show based on diaries of his life in Victorian Britain will take place on 26 October 2012 to mark the event. Hewitson was a reporter and later a newspaper publisher. He ran the Preston Chronicle from 1868 to 1890, and was a local correspondent for the Times, [...]

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Student Lock-In at St George’s Shopping Centre tonight

It’s that time of year again. The annual Student Lock-In at St George’s Shopping Centre in Preston For one night only the St George’s Shopping Centre will throw open its doors to Lancashire’s students to shop or browse to their hearts content. You must be registered to attend on their dedicated Lock-In app http://www.facebook.com/stgeorgespreston/app_283856508390014?ref=ts you’ll also be entered into a competition to win £1,000 cash, [...]

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Ribble Steam Railway diesel weekend

A great family weekend out in Preston. This weekend at the Ribble Steam Railway and Museum on the docks at Preston will be the one weekend of the year when the steam engines get a break and diesel shunter engines come out to play. From the Railway site: ‘Every year the railway tries its best to present something a little bit different and this weekend [...]

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Harris Museum Stairway show: Pat Flynn

Cold Children, a series of digital prints by Manchester based artist Pat Flynn, has just been installed on the stairway in the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, as part of Digital Aesthetic 3. At first glance the installation looks like a series of empty domestic photo-frames. On looking closer they appear to be photographs of empty photo frames. However they are actually prints produced entirely [...]

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Last chance to see Jeanne D’Arc in Concert

Don’t miss the last chance to see the second and final performance of Jeanne D’Arc in concert. Proscenium Theatre Company presents a showcase and a full evening concert with full chorus and orchestra at St John’s Minster in Preston on Saturday 29 September at 7.30pm This powerful and exciting new musical brings to life the dramatic story of Joan of Arc, the young peasant girl [...]

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