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Recent Posts
- Two more murals spotted 28th June 2024
- A walk in Preston – to the Tram Road Bridge 21st May 2024
- The Ribble Steam Railway – Saturday 24th March 2024
- A walk in Preston – Avenham way – April 2024
- A Walk in Preston 19th January 2024 Friargate area
- A walk in Preston 21st October 2023
- Avenham Park in June 2023
- Preston to Leyland and back by bus and train 11th May 2023
- A Walk in Preston 27th April 2023
- The Mayor of Preston Visits The Ribble Steam Railway 25th March 2023
- A walk in Preston Centre 21st March 2023
- A Walk in Preston Centre 10th March 2023
- A walk in Preston Centre and Beatrice Todd on International Women’s Day 8th March 2023
- Deepdale Retail Centre and Preston Football Ground walk – 11th February 2023
- Well known Preston historian dies
- Preston Centre walk 31st January 2023
- A few photos of Preston 9th January 2023
- Book Review: Types and Shadows – A history of Preston City Parish
- A few photos from a walk in Preston 1st November 2022
- Harris Museum and Art Gallery Jigsaw 2022
- Covid 19 data in Preston March 15th 2021
- British Commercial Vehicle Museum re-opens after Covid Closure
- Harris Your Place – Plan up for Review
- Work Starts on new Western Distributor Road
- The Harris Open Art Exhibition 2019
- Trains in Preston: A time of change December 2019
- Harris Art Gallery Exhibition – Beautiful and Brutal 50 years of Preston Bus Station
- A Walk from Preston Station
- Railway Improvements – New trains and electrification Northern Rail
- A visit to The Ribble Steam Railway and Museum
- Old Tram Road Bridge Closed
- Museum of the Moon at the Harris
- The Preston Open Art Exhibition at The Harris
- Wires to Bolton
- The Harris: The Renewal
- Harris 125th and Triple Exhibition
- North End low down
- Railway Anniversary Month and Strand Road closure
- Barton Grange turns on the entertainment with style
- Dear Harris
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Darren Ferguson imminent?
Around 9pm news organisations started announcing they ‘understood’ Darren Ferguson is to be the new PNE manager. Started on the BBC, then Sky, then LEP. LEP comments pages still on the daily 200 inputs. Most supportive of the new appointment. … Continue reading
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Coldest for years
Don’t remember a cold spell like this for a long time. Certainly not at this time of year. Seem to recall 1981-ish being very cold in early January. Went out this morning at 10am and it was minus 3C and … Continue reading
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Preston 7 Colchester 0 FA Cup
After a week of events with the sacking of Alan Irvine and the speculation and controversy surrounding it the team answered back. Some say Colchester are in a league lower than PNE but they are 4th and it would have … Continue reading
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High Speed Rail to miss Preston?
The High Speed 2 Company submitted its plans to Lord Adonis who will declare the preferred routes in March 2010. To date the proposal has shown a line up the west coast via Preston to Glasgow but yesterdays newspapers seemed cooler on this idea. … Continue reading
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PNE sack Alan Irvine
Big surprise news today – PNE have sacked their popular manager Alan Irvine. It was thought he’d have more time. Not long ago everyone was sweating on whether he’d go to WBA and even if he’d manage Scotland. There was gratitude he stayed and it … Continue reading
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St Ledger returned to PNE by Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough announced that they are returning all 4 of their loan players and that means Sean St Ledger back at Deepdale. He played 15 games and scored once for Boro. Since he left both teams have had poor results and … Continue reading
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Verge of a crisis or just a phase at Deepdale
Notts Forest 3 PNE 0. With died in the wool North Ender Paul McKenna scoring the opener for Forest. Forest are on a roll at the moment under Billy Davies. Can he get 3 clubs into the play-offs? So from that point … Continue reading
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Avenham, Miller Parks and Lancashire Museum get lottery funding
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BIG) agreed a grant of £1.75m to Avenham and Miller Parks. This tops up the £2.7m granted in 2005. Also the Lancashire Museum in Stanley Street has been allocated £0.9m from the … Continue reading
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Manchester – Preston – Blackpool Electrification
Lord Adonis, today, put more substance behind the pre-budget statement that seemed to cover electrification of only Manchester – Preston. It now includes Blackpool, which makes more sense. His statement reads: ”The first line is between Huyton – on the … Continue reading
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Harris Institute, Avenham, bought
It is reported that the Harris Institute at Avenham has been bought by Yousuf Bhailok, a local businessman, for just under £300,000. Mr Bhailok also bought Harris Park in Fulwood and has been involved in the campaign to keep the football museum … Continue reading
Peace at Christmas
President Obama made a great speech with many messages in Oslo when receiving his Nobel Peace Prize. The part below stood out as a lesson to everyone if viewed in the context of your personal life. ‘I know that engagement with repressive regimes … Continue reading
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Preston to Manchester Rail Electrification in pre-budget statement.
Yesterday, 9th Dec, the Chancellor stood up in Parliament and said in his pre-budget announcement; ‘I can tell the House today that I have also given the go-ahead to further plans for rail electrification between Liverpool, Manchester and Preston. The … Continue reading
Lostock Hall Engine Sheds Regeneration
Householders in Lostock Hall have been sent a questionnaire asking what use they would like to be made of the designated open space on the old railway engine shed and sidings. It is quite a large area on both sides of … Continue reading
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Digital Switchover Day – 2nd Dec 2009
What a shock only a black and white fuzz on TV. After watching it for a while decided to tell my old aunt that the signal had gone off. It wasn’t the signal that bothered her though, it was the … Continue reading
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Winckley Square facelift
After reading letters in the Evening Post about the selected design for Winckley Square I was expecting something gross, and being someone who doesn’t want heritage areas defaced feared the worst. Yet the design seems fairly minimal and doesn’t appear to change the … Continue reading
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Borders closing
Disappointing that Borders will be closing in Deepdale Shopping Centre. Paid a visit yesterday and the place was busy, the 20% off signs an attraction. It’s good to have had 2 good bookstores in Preston. Borders was a bit different with … Continue reading
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Blackpool v Preston North End
November 30th an evening kick-off for Sky. Blackpool need 3 points to get them back into the top 6 and PNE need them to make up lost ground. This is an international break month so not many games have been … Continue reading
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International Space Station over Preston
The International Space Station with Space Shuttle Atlantis was visible from Preston yesterday morning (24th Nov) at 4.46 and it was very bright (if no clouds), I was in bed and it was probably raining. Atlantis undocked from the International … Continue reading
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Tottenham 1 Wigan 9, Preston v Newcastle
Amazing away win for Wigan. I’m not a Wigan fan but I don’t like to see teams being thrashed. I thought the defence was very poor and made the opposition attackers look much better than they are. Today people are saying their … Continue reading
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Digital Switchover and further to HD
Wednesday 2nd December the freeview digital changeover will be complete in the Granada region. Also the power at the transmitter becomes 10 times stronger. Wow does that make our aerial glow? Probably not, I’ll add just in case someone thinks it does. … Continue reading
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