Interview: Lawrence Butterfield who worked at Whittingham Mental Hospital

One of the most popular posts on this blog was David Perkin’s description of the urban exploration of the decaying Whittingham Mental Asylum just outside of Preston, Lancashire. But, what was it like when it was still operating and what was it like to work there? We got in touch with Lawrence Butterfield who worked [...]

Preston station features in new Virgin Trains advert

A new advert for Virgin Trains, celebrating the new improved journey times on the West Coast Main Line features Preston station. The guy gets off the train at the end at Preston station. I saw them filming this at Preston station, I did wonder what it was for.

And just like to [...]

Creating a mapped Preston for everyone

Ever heard of an Open Street Map? No, it’s not that thing Google is doing where they drive past when you’re getting changed or snap your dog having a wee up against the lampost. Open Street Map is where people can help to map their local areas properly and it’s happening in Preston.
Preston has a [...]

Water water bottled everywhere

This is a guest post from Martin Brown. He is a blogger on the built environment at isite and can be found on twitter @martinbrown. If you’d like to write a guest post for Preston Blog check out how you can get involved.
The Lancashire Evening Post has revealed the cost in terms of money and [...]

Why isn’t Preston’s MP on Twitter?

I was browsing the web and came across this excellent site that lists which MPs are on Twitter and gives you an insight into the corridors of power. It’s called Tweetminster. It got me thinking, is Preston’s MP Mark Hendrick on Twitter?
I checked out the list of MPs on the Tweetminster site and couldn’t find [...]

What will Preston be doing for Earth Hour?

On Saturday 28th March 2009 the world will turn out its lights to send a message to world leaders that the world’s natural resources at running out and something needs to be done.
The question is, what will Preston be doing in 2009 for Earth Hour? Already local authorities across the UK have been signing up [...]

Whittingham Asylum… forgotten?

This is a guest post David Perkins, he is a keen photographer, web designer and urban explorer. He blogs at Planetperki and you can follow him on twitter @perki. If you would like to write a guest post for Preston Blog check out how you can get involved.

I know that there are a lot of [...]

Preston snow pictures

Here’s a picture sent in my Preston Blog reader Graham Salisbury (Twitter: @grahamsalisbury) of the snow in Preston on Monday 2nd February 2009:
You can see more on Graham’s flickr page.

An experience: Giving blood at the Guild Hall

Monday 12th January 2009 and prestonblog set off towards Preston’s Guild Hall for the first experience of giving blood. After registering at a doctor’s in November 2008 and deciding it was time to stop hoarding the red stuff all to myself, I decided to go and give blood to those who need it.
I’d pre-booked an [...]