Made in Preston
the Made in Preston website, since 2002.
Information about things made in Preston and its surrounding area.
Made in Preston website established in 2002. Contact Pete to find out more using this link.
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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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1 Year Old
Missed my blogs birthday on February 6th 2010. The Made In Preston Blog is 1 year old and has about 180 posts. I thought it’ll only last a few weeks but it’s still hot. So tonight I’ll pop a bottle of wine and … Continue reading
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National Football Museum goes to Istanbul
What a shock! We all thought it was going to Manchester. Having a quick look at the NFM website – it seems it’s gone to Istanbul. Closer look shows it’s a few pieces for a while. Istanbul, Manchester perhaps hard to … Continue reading
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H.J.Berry in administration
The old furniture maker in Chipping went into administation this week. A blow to a way of work, skills and manufacturing as well as the staff and village. Last year it featured on Gerry Robinson’s TV programme and he offered … Continue reading
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Angel of Preston
There is a flurry of commentary about placing a statue next to the M6 to symbolise Preston. One is a semi-buried soldier denoting the historic battles that took place in Preston and the other is a statue symbolising a military … Continue reading
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Combined Heat and Power from Baxi
Baxi say they are geared up to deliver up to 20,000 combined heat and power units a year from their Preston, Bamber Bridge, plant. The government is issuing contracts worth billions of pounds for green energy but the great majority of 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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Queueing for the 2012 Preston Guild
Three weeks after the 2012 Olympic Games is the 2012 Preston Guild. The Royal Lancashire Show suggested last week it could be in Preston in the 2012 Guild Year and yesterday the Corporate Games said they’d hold a Games in Preston … Continue reading
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Tithebarn Syndrome and Blackpools Casino
Is Preston heading along a cul-de-sac with the Tithebarn Project? For many years the Casino was going to be the saviour of Blackpool, the ‘Las Vegas’ of Lancashire. When the rug was pulled Blackpool had a spell of total loss … Continue reading
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Grosvenor pull out of Tithebarn
Grosvenor pulled out of the £700m Preston Tithebarn development today saying they want to focus on smaller developments. Lend Lease the other developer say they are staying in. It had seemed Grosvenor were the major developer but on looking at … Continue reading
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Preston FM your community radio
Driving round Preston the other day a radio station I hadn’t heard of popped onto my radio. Preston FM 103.2MHz. Sounded a bit ‘localish’ although I’ve listened to a couple of their music programmes and they’re OK. So I’m giving … Continue reading
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It’s bad news week, but PNE won at the end
There was such a song but following on from my post about Tuesday being a bad day last week it seems there was more to come. So most posts were bad news last week. However PNE beat Coventry 3-2 so … Continue reading
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Tithebarn Public inquiry
I heard it on Radio Lancashire, the government have announced that a public inquiry is to be held into whether Preston should be allowed to have a project as large as the Tithebarn. In effect the government are sort of putting Prestons investment onto … Continue reading
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Bad day for Preston
Tuesday 15th September wasn’t a good day for Preston. Job losses announced in the area at BAE SYSTEMS. George Osborne saying he would cancel the Typhoon. PNE lost at Scunthorpe in their first defeat of the season. Sean St Ledger … Continue reading
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Newspaper deliveries cancelled
Told today that a newsagent in South Ribble is stopping delivering newspapers because they can’t get anyone to deliver them. We all need to run our own businesses as best we can but from what I heard this newsagent hasn’t … Continue reading
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Harris Museum & Art Gallery
Thought we’d have a look in the museum this week although we were short of time and I now wish I’d written something earlier as I’ve forgotten the details. The painting of Sir Richard Arkwright that the museum has bought … Continue reading
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Baxi merge with Dutch company
Baxi the central heating boilermaking company who began life in Bamber Bridge over 150 years ago have merged with a Dutch company. The company is now based in Derby and owns the names of many of Britains best known central … Continue reading
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Lancashire
Writing the opening blog post set me thinking that there is another matter that can’t pass unsaid. In 1974 they re-organised local government so that the border of Lancashire changed and it became a lot smaller. Manchester and Merseyside took a third each and … Continue reading
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Made in Preston – first post
It’s just another blog on the wall. Made in Preston, including the surrounding area in Lancashire and the North West of England. Linked to the website www.madeinpreston.co.uk The website started mainly about aircraft and buses. Soon it got a bit of … Continue reading
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