Festive food demo at the Indoor Market
The Market Kitchen returns this December for a festive food demonstration. Preston Council has helped arrange a cooking demo at one of the stalls inside Preston Indoor Market. This is a great opportunity to watch expert nutritionists talk about and prepare very healthy winter warmer recipes The demonstration provides a great opportunity to not only watch how the dishes are made but to sample the [...]
199 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Fugitive Ivan Leach arrested
Fugitive Ivan Leach has been arrested in the early hours of this morning, Sunday 2 December in the Camden area of London. He has been arrested in connection with a number of offences and is now in custody at a north London police station. Police in Camden borough and Lancashire had previously appealed for information on the whereabouts of Ivan Leach (a.k.a. Lee Cyrus) who [...]
199 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Preston in the Picture: A View from Canada
A few weeks ago I received the email from Helen – a Prestonian living in Canada. Helen had seen one of my photographs on Flickr and she wanted to use it as the subject for a painting. I’d no problem with that at all and as the week’s passed by I wondered how she was getting on but not really expecting to ever see the [...]
199 days ago by Paul Melling Share
Preparations start for Christmas Lancashire Market on the Flag Market
The Flag Market and Birley Street will be thronged with Christmas shoppers on Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 December, as the Christmas Lancashire Market returns. More than 100 traders will have stalls offering traditional Lancashire food, drink, gift and crafts. The event, organised by Preston’s Business Improvement District, attracts thousands of shoppers every year and has now spawned three other markets during the year. Events [...]
199 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Santa’s Grotto opens at Preston Indoor Market
Santa will be setting himself up a grotto in the city Market this Christmas. He started up on Saturday 1 December and will be there every Saturday up until 22 December. The grotto is free to visit and is on the upper floor of the Indoor Market. Every child will receive a small gift from santa. Dave Bullock, Markets Manager, said: “Preston Market is a [...]
200 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Goodbye French Bistro – hello Stratos
The building once the location for the Preston institution French Bistro on Avenham Road has recently been taken over by the San Macro Group who also own the Italian resaurant Angleos next door. A brand new sparkling Italian bar called Stratos is now open on the site where the Bistro ruled the Preston cabaret nightlife. The French Bistro started life in 1977 located in the [...]
200 days ago by Tony Worrall Share