Preston is the administrative centre of the County of Lancashire and the seat of Lancashire County Council.
It has a long and celebrated history with Preston Parish Church dating back to the 8th century AD. It was in 1179 that Preston's first Charter is granted by King Henry II. It is located at the centre of Lancashire's business and transport network - within easy access of major motorways - the M6 for Birmingham and the Lake District, the M61 to Bolton and Manchester, the M55 to Blackpool and Lytham and the M65 into east Lancashire.
Preston', as a university town, currently has around 25,000 students, with the University of Central Lancashire in Preston as the sixth largest and one of the fastest growing Universities in the UK.
The economy of Preston is largely based on traditional manufacturing industries such as textiles and engineering. Major employers include: Alstom train manufactures and BAe Systems who produce military and commercial aircraft. Preston has a population of around 129,000, and was awarded city status in April 2002 by Her Majesty the Queen in celebration of her Golden Jubilee.It is also the home of the national football museum at Preston northends Deepdale ground and is a tresure trove of football trophys and memorobilia a gallery of pictures is now on show from a recent outing to Preston .
This is the home of the WALLACE TRICKETT /LRU Print Collection
The Collection relives The old LANCASHIRE bus fleets
,Railway Locos ,Commercial Company Vans(Inc HOLLANDS PIES )
and Wagons of Days gone bye.
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Memories of Owd Lancs