BAE Systems sponsors Preston Guild volunteering

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BAE Systems sponsors Preston Guild volunteering

15th, May 2012 by Ed Walker

One of Lancashire’s biggest employers has backed the Preston Guild’s volunteer programme. BAE systems has pledged £20,000 to support over 500 people who are giving up their time to help make the Guild happen. The volunteers, called Guilders, play a vital role in organising events, meeting and greeting and many other behind the scenes roles. Chris Boardman, managing director of BAE Systems Military Air & [...]

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Hundreds gather on Preston park for Guild 5k

8th, May 2012 by Ryan Owen Gibson

Yesterday morning, hundreds of people took part in the Preston Guild 5k race, the first in a series of Guild races that will take place in the city throughout the year. In total, 741 runners completed the race on Avenham Park, with amateurs and enthusiasts rubbing shoulders with seasoned athletes around the challenging course. The senior race was preceded by the junior equivalent for runners [...]

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Photos + Videos: Preston Guild 5k in Avenham Park

7th, May 2012 by Ed Walker

As part of a great year of running in the city the Guild 5k signalled the start of the Guild Series of races. Hundreds of runners tied up their trainers and set off through Avenham Park on a challenging course. Below are a series of videos from the event and a slideshow of images. Watch a video of runners in the 5k View a slideshow [...]

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Review: Hatch launch night of MAPS 2012 festival

25th, April 2012 by Nick Pattison

On Monday evening, the Adelphi bar on Fylde Street, Preston, played host to Hatch, launch night for MAPS 2012 festival and a three hour preview event featuring contemporary performances from emerging and established artists. MAPS 2012 is a contemporary arts festival organised by FallenWall Arts which is set to take place on 8th September, coinciding with Preston Guild week. It will be the first of its [...]

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Fulwood Leisure Centre taking part in world’s biggest fundraising swim

25th, April 2012 by Ryan Owen Gibson

A leisure centre in Preston will take part in the world’s biggest fundraising swim this weekend to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. On Sunday 29th April, Fulwood Leisure Centre on Black Bull Lane, Preston will join 645 pools up and down the country to host sessions for Swimathon 2012, with swimmers challenging themselves in 2.5k, 5k and Team 5k Distance Challenges as well [...]

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Preston Past: Avenham & Miller Parks (Part 2)

11th, April 2012 by Paul D. Swarbrick

Avenham and Miller parks were both opened in 1867, however, Miller Park was created on land extending from the East Lancashire Railway to the North Union Railway embankments and was laid out on eleven acres of land which was donated to Preston Corporation by Alderman Thomas Miller, a principal partner in the firm of cotton manufacturers, Horrocks, Miller & Co. As with Avenham Park, Miller Park [...]

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Easter Bonnet Parade helps start Guild celebrations

10th, April 2012 by Ryan Owen Gibson

Preston’s annual Easter bonnet parade attracted a record breaking number of entrants yesterday, as the rain failed to take attention away from the annual festivities. 68 kids in total made a splash on Avenham Park’s main stage, being invited up one by one to be scored by the judges. The contestants’ age range varied from eleven to six and a half months, and most had [...]

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Preston braves the rain for Easter Egg Rolling tradition

10th, April 2012 by Ryan Owen Gibson

Hundreds of people braved the wet weather yesterday to take part in Preston’s traditional Easter egg rolling event on Avenham Park. In a day packed full of events and entertainment, including Samba music and Bollywood dancing, a one man band, Victorian performers and a creative village, families from Preston, Lancashire and even further afield donned their coats and wellies to turn out and join in [...]

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Opinion: Preston Passion – The Power of Community Spirit

7th, April 2012 by Ryan Owen Gibson

Crowds gather to watch The Preston Passion unfold 24 hours after The Preston Passion was broadcast live on BBC1, people are still connecting in all manner of ways to discuss their feelings about the event and (for the most part) exude their pride in the city. As a main attraction in this year’s Preston Guild celebrations, most people would probably agree that watching Fearn Britton [...]

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Preston Passion declared a resounding success

6th, April 2012 by Ryan Owen Gibson

Thousands flocked to the bus station in Preston today, as they and many more at home watched the live BBC broadcast of The Preston Passion. The show, which was presented by Fern Britton and combined choral singing, live dance and three modern retellings of the Passion story set in Preston, was attended by a bigger than anticipated crowd who filled Tithebarn Street and the surrounding [...]

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Replay: City plays host to Preston Passion

6th, April 2012 by Ed Walker

On Good Friday the eyes of the world will be on Preston as it plays host to a contemporary re-telling of the last days of Christ. Thousands of Prestonians will be involved as dancers, volunteers and audience members for the live BBC One production which includes drama and music set across the city. We’ll be bringing you all the build-up on the live blog below, [...]

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Jamelia steps in to sing Preston Passion finale

4th, April 2012 by Ed Walker

Pop star Jamelia has stepped in at the last minute to replace Heather Small in the Preston Passion. Small, lead singer of M People, had been due to sing Candy Staton’s classic You Got The Love in the finale of the live BBC show – but has pulled out after contracting an illness. The Passion mixes live music and drama to re-tell the story of [...]

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Preston Past: Avenham & Miller Parks (Part 1)

4th, April 2012 by Paul D. Swarbrick

Avenham Valley from the Vicarage Grounds,Preston 1862 (Courtesy of Preston City Council) A very early image of the area that was soon to be transformed into Avenham Park. This photograph was taken from the back of the old Vicarage garden in East Cliff. It appears that sleepers, rails and a quantity of cast iron chairs are stacked at the bottom of the slope in [...]

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