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Preston And Its Guild film to premiere at the Charter Theatre (Watch the trailer here)

3rd, March 2012 by

The North West Film Archive and the Harris Museum have collaborated produce the premiere of Preston And Its Guild, a film that looks back at the history of the Guild in the city from 1902 to the present day. The film will be screened on Tuesday 13 March at the Charter Theatre. Tickets are £5 plus booking fee, and are available by calling the Guild [...]

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Preston Photo Digest 15/02/12

15th, February 2012 by

Here are this week’s offerings for the Preston Photo Digest, collecting the best photographs of Preston on a weekly basis. All of these images have been compiled from the Preston Flickr Group, but if you’ve got a photograph that you think deserves to be included, get in touch at joseph(@)blogpreston.co.uk. I’ll also be updating and including a map of Preston (you can see it at the bottom [...]

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José Carreras to headline at Preston Guild’s Proms in the Park

13th, February 2012 by

Opera singer José Carreras has been confirmed as the headline act for Preston Guild 2012’s Proms in the Park, set to be one of the most prestigious events in the classical calendar this year. Avenham Park will be transformed into an open-air amphitheatre on 7 September for Preston Proms in the Park with the Manchester Camerata Orchestra, conducted by David Gimenez Carreras. Plans have also been revealed for [...]

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City Council cabinet – plans to fill the £2.5 million black hole in budget

3rd, February 2012 by

Preston City Council have agreed to plans to increase council tax by 3.5% in Wednesday’s budget meeting. Councillors met at the Town Hall to discuss the draft budget proposals and Labour has put forward its plans to start to fill a £2.5m black hole in its budget over the next five years. The main area agreed upon would see a council tax increase of 3.5% [...]

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New exhibition looks at the clothes behind Preston Guild

16th, January 2012 by

The Harris Museum & Art Gallery will hold an clothing exhibition of Preston Guild garments later on this year. As part of “Dressing up for the Guild”, costume and textile specialist Uthra Rajgopal is working with the museum to investigate Preston Guild garments including historic fancy dress and uncovering the stories behind the collection. Dr Caroline Alexander, curator of decorative art at the Harris said: “Fancy [...]

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Preston Guild – A view from the other side of Lancashire

14th, October 2011 by

Thursday was the first day of the Arts Development UK conference at Blackpool Winter Gardens. The programme included a number of study tours to arts, cultural and heritage venues in Blackpool and Preston. Being Blackpool based, it made sense to go and see what our neighbours were up to at the other end of the M55. So following a visit to the Harris Museum and Art [...]

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Community group call for filmmakers to celebrate Preston

3rd, October 2011 by

A community group are seeking to celebrate Preston through the medium of film in time for the Guild 2012 celebrations. Preston Motion Picture Project was set up independently by Matt Stanton, and his idea is to create a feature film that features Preston’s landscapes, heritage and residents. Stanton hopes that he’ll have many filmmakers contributing towards the project, each submitting brief segments that reflect various [...]

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No Olympic Torch for Preston

18th, May 2011 by

The Torch relay will not be passing through Preston when the Olympics come to the UK next year. Today the relay route has been revealed, and Blackpool is the only Lancashire landmark on the route where the torch will visit on June 22 2012. I’ve plotted other destinations for the torch in the North West below for people who want to see the torch relay. [...]

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Council scrap area forums, pursue new engagement strategy

11th, May 2011 by

Preston City Council have changed the format of their neighbourhood working arrangements. The Area Forums have come to an end (as of March 31st) and the council will instead hope to engage with residents with a smaller team of community engagement workers. Area forums will now be held around specific topics rather than more general engagement sessions like in the past. The team assigned to [...]

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An Egg-cellent day in Avenham Park

26th, April 2011 by

The people of Preston flocked to Avenham park yesterday to join in the Easter fun, from live music to home cooked Lancashire food, there was something for everyone. The Guild decided to take on the egg rolling event as a Victorian tradition and utilized it through their Victorian style fairground which had a carousel and teacup rides. Horse and carriage rides were also taking place [...]

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Race for Pancake Day at the Flag Market

8th, March 2011 by

This morning saw the Flag Market taken over by several chefs and local catering firms to compete in a pancake tasting competition judged by Paul Heathcote. Despite the chilly morning, people on their way to work were also greeted by the sight of a ‘pancake race’, where chefs ran the length of the flag market while flipping pancakes on frying pans. Afterwards Paul Heathcote (owner [...]

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The Guild Wheel – Collaborate on our map

7th, March 2011 by

As part of the forthcoming Guild 2012 celebrations, a 21 mile cycle and walk way has been created around Preston, linking together 5 existing Sustrans routes. The Guild Wheel is intended to provide a 21 mile circular walk that will be a significant area of tourism as well as drawing attention to many of the attractions along the way. I thought it’d be a good [...]

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Western Area Forum Report

4th, March 2011 by

The first of a series of Area Forums focusing on the Guild took place last night at Ashton Primary School. The Western Area Forum was hosted by Councillor William Shannon, who described the current structure of Area Forum as “the last of their kind”. Because of budgeting issues Area Forums will now be restricted to specialist single issue group meetings such as the Guild. Shannon [...]

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