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Circus of Horrors

Circus of Horrors returns home

3rd, February 2011 by

Preston has produced its fair share of performers, from Corrie stars to wrestlers. But few are as ghoulish as Circus of Horrors ringmaster Doctor Haze, whose latest macabre spectacle returned to his home city on Sunday. Haze founded the Circus 15 years ago and the troupe has since toured major venues and festivals throughout Europe, South America and Asia. But, for Haze, nowhere rivals the city where he [...]

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Meet the Leaders

Traders get opportunity to ask council key questions

26th, January 2011 by

Preston North End’s Deepdale Stadium saw a coming together of more than 100 traders, to fire questions at some of the main players at Preston City Council. The event, organised by the Chamber of Commerce, saw Preston Council Leader Ken Hudson, chief executive Lorraine Norris, deputy leader Eric Fazackerley and finance director Bernard Hayes asked questions by business traders from across Preston. Hot topics included [...]

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rightmoveplaces

RightMovePlaces – A resource for Preston

26th, January 2011 by

As briefly summarised in my earlier post, RightMovePlaces is a website where people can give a flavour of the area in which they live through photos, summaries of their opinions on the area and vote on what they think the best and worst aspects are. In the next few days Blog Preston will also have an RSS feed that goes directly into the Preston section of the [...]

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Penny Slot Machine

Good Old Fashioned Fun

6th, January 2011 by

Fancy a bracing New Year’s walk with a non-calorific treat at the end of it? Earlier this week we braved the gnarly weather and headed to Southport for a stroll along Southport Pier and a play on some old fashioned penny slot machines.

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Grand Central train on the North East route

Price promise for train passengers

20th, December 2010 by

Grand Central Railway have promised cheaper fares, spacious trains and better storage if its proposed direct rail link from Lancashire to London are approved. The open access operator submitted plans to run four return services between Blackpool and London stopping at various North West stations including Preston. It already runs identical regional services from Bradford and Sunderland straight to the capital. A cut-price fare policy [...]

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Santa's Tree Top House

Ribby Hall Village: a winter wonderland

7th, December 2010 by

It’s not every morning breakfast is interrupted by a troupe of ducks waddling past your window, usually it’s the sound of a car alarm or a bus thundering past the house. But then we weren’t in central Preston when our feathered friends popped round; no we were taking a short break near Wrea Green. Yes, holidaying just nine miles from sunny Preston. It may seem [...]

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Photo courtesy of London Midland © 2008

Train users can rejoice with caution

30th, November 2010 by

Depending on your feelings for the railways, users of train services from Preston will become winners, and almost certainly losers. Behind the scenes a lot has been happening, especially over the last three weeks. The Department for Transport (DfT) have submitted proposals for a new timetable in 2012 for the new yet-to-be-tendered operator of the West Coast Main Line (WCML). Plans are in place for [...]

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PrestonVision

Late night shopping during Christmas period

21st, November 2010 by

Looking for the 2011 Christmas shopping times? Click here for all the details on the late night shopping, free parking and Christmas Market Preston’s city centre shops will stay open late on Wednesdays and Thursdays to give shoppers every opportunity to get their Christmas shopping done in time. Some of the shops will begin their late nights in the first week of December, but the [...]

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Outside-Wide

Preston Bus Station: picture special

18th, November 2010 by

With the Tithebarn regeneration project looking likely to go ahead, Preston’s historic Bus Station could soon be a thing of the past. There have been mixed views, and many debates about whether the building should remain; whether it is a work of art, or an eyesore. Jonathan Kenyon, who studies at Preston College focussed an entire project on the building, and produced some beautiful results.

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What Victorian Benefactors Did For Preston

10th, November 2010 by

The industrial era is one easy to overlook in a provincial context in the face of what I and people of varying ages learnt in school. We are granted a rough idea about how life changed, but my education in the matter was confined to general developments leading up to the years when Victoria was on the throne. But what of the individuals who sought to change Preston for the better?

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