Couldn’t get tickets for Glastonbury? Can’t be bothered trying to find your tent after ten hours of bands and a vat full of ale? Gotta get up with the kids in the morning? Picked up a flyer for this year’s Glastonferret this morning and looks like it could top the fun of last year’s madcap event at Preston’s Mad Ferret.
Nestled in Walton-le-Dale, sandwiched between a row of unassuming shops, is Fired 4 U. It’s a pottery painting workshop run by Jane Fox, a former hotel manager who decided to throw caution to the wind and pursue her passion for arts and crafts.
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Moonlight Walk
I never thought I’d see a snake of women dressed in pink with flashing bunny ears marching up Fishergate Hill towards the city centre at 1am on a Sunday morning. Judging by the reactions of some befuddled onlookers, neither did they! Last night, Saturday 5th June, we joined the 2,000 women walking a half marathon around the city to raise money for St Catherine’s Hospice. So did we complete the Moonlight Walk with feet and legs intact?
Tithebarn decision not expected until early 2011
Preston Bus Station, a major casualty in the proposed plans
A decision on Preston’s £700 million Tithebarn development will not be made until March 2011 at the earliest, according to councillors at the most recent Central Area Forum.
Onlooking residents were told that the inquiry, which is costing the council nearly £1 million, will end in June and will be referred to ministers in September later this year. read article »
Blog Preston Podcast: Have your say!
That’s right, we’re launching a Blog Preston podcast and we need your help to do it. The podcast will cover community news, events and culture. We want it to be an entertaining way for people to be aware of the issues, events and great things people are doing in Preston. If you’re a community leader, running a charity event, organising an exhibition, gig, festival or theatre production we want to hear from you. We also want to hear from local musicians and bands interested in acoustic sessions.
If you have something to say or want to contribute get in touch at daniel@blogpreston.co.uk.
Preston’s roads riddled with potholes
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The number of potholes in Preston has almost doubled since the cold snap during the winter months.
The city now has 466 road defects, with over 200 new occurrences over the course of the first two months of the year. 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.
Number of benefit claimants falls
The number of people in Preston and its surrounding areas claiming benefits is dropping according to latest statistics.
The Office for National Statistics have released data that shows that on the whole the number of claimants is dropping, despite the jobless total being at a 15-year-high. read article »
Features & Opinion
Examining Preston’s Fossilised Past
It’s difficult even with help of study and older relatives to imagine the days when Britain was a leader in domestic manufacturing. Factories, mines, and shipping have largely been superseded by gleaming office blocks, shopping centres and colourful high streets. Massive outsourcing of labour, coinciding with a rapid period of decolonisation introduced commerce to the fact that both labour and resources were plentiful abroad; and both could be gathered cheaper than in Britain where, as a developed nation, wages and prices of goods are higher. read article »
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 »
Opening defeat disappointment for Preston
Preston North End 0-2 Doncaster Rovers:
Preston North End suffered an opening day 2-0 defeat at the hands of South Yorkshire outfit, Doncaster Rovers on Saturday. read article »
Lillywhite internationalists
Preston North End supporters should keep an eye out for some of their international players who will be representing their countries in exhibition matches on Wednesday 11th August.
Inevitably, the old club vs country row could escalate for PNE boss, Darren Ferguson with the Lillywhite’s in action on Tuesday 10th against Stockport in the Carling Cup. read article »
Rhodri, a suitable cause for concern, Chapter Three, Part 1
CHAPTER Three, Part 1. To catch up with previous instalments, click here.
At 3-15pm Parker and Craven went to Layton Cemetery where a forensic scientist was conducting a preliminary post mortem on John Doe.
The cemetery was an old one, originally built in round stones collected from the beach, it’s walls had begun to bow and looked rather as if it were not for the masses of ivy clinging to its sides, the whole building would collapse into a pile of rubble. The front doors were made of solid oak and the two detectives swung them open and walked inside. The walls were hung with huge tapestries depicting the resurrection of Christ, Mary the holy Mother and the beginning of creation. The cold solid floor was tiled in red and white with a green leaf pattern dotted here and there. Another large double door lay ahead with a smaller, more modern one to its left. A conspicuous sign above the door read STRICTLY PRIVATE, visitors by appointment only, ring for attention. read article »
Rhodri, A Suitable Cause for Concern, Chapter Two, Part 2
7:55am. Rhodri wasn’t due back into the station until the following day but often he preferred to spend the time in the comforting and familiar surroundings of his office. His only friends were his work colleagues and although he thought the world of his land lady Mrs Gladstone, she had a terrible habit of capturing him and reciting all the ailments that have troubled her during the last few days. read article »
Restaurant Review: King Karai
There are few things worse than a bad curry.
Well, perhaps a slight exaggeration. But we all identify with the symptoms of a poorly made curry. That sickening and bloated feeling. The cloying, bottom of a birdcage-like taste in your mouth the day after. And of course, the involuntarily explosive bowel movements. read article »
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