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    Preston Railway Station Branded As Outdated And Inadequate

    Not fully as the decision to build the monstrosity was also based on the pretence that it offered better road access for buses, namely the ring road development and that Tithebarn st bus station was small & outdated. Your suggestion that the land was owned by councillors was a factor would be...
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    Preston Railway Station Branded As Outdated And Inadequate

    Preston council missed a major opportunity to build the bus station next to the railway when the EL goods warehouse & EL/Southport platforms where closed. The council are not noted for their far sightedness, especially today when the leader of the council is determined not to have trams back...
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    Football

    We’re looking at automatic ;) Be good to see your lot back, got a decent run going there, could be you & Wigan promoted and hopefully the lashers back in lge 2
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    Football

    Great result for PNE tonight at Cardiff, Warnock said he couldn’t wait to play us at their place after we beat them 3-0 at Deepdale, we’ll that worked well for him :lol: Now unbeaten in 9
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    Government Seeking Ways to Reverse Some Beeching Cuts.

    And on BBC North West twitter feed Colne-Skipton and Preston-Fleetwood lines were quoted as “must open” lines. I mean really, SELRAP is just an impressive “talking shop” and nothing of note ever seems to get done. And if they bothered to check they would have realised the Fleetwood link was...
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    Football

    Anytime the lashers lose is a good result, so that’s 3 points lost and still £31 million down :lol::lol::lol:
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    TRIVIA - Things you saw travelling on BR that you don't see today

    The sight of double-headed 50’s at Preston waiting to take over from the electrics. Sat on a brute at the end of Preston station on a Sat, complete with the obligatory Ian Allan, pair of binoculars and sandwiches, peering through the heat haze at Skew Bridge a mile or so away trying to be the...
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    Alsthom to close Strand Rd plant in Preston

    Amazing history of this site, producing everything from steam & electric trams to electric shunters for the army in Flanders, right through to work for the prototype Deltic and all sorts of electro-mechanical work/engines etc. Not forgetting also, the famous Dick,Kerr ladies football team. My...
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    Football

    Well we did try :)
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    Football

    Simple really, you want your manager sacked then play Preston, we got rid of 5 opposition managers so far, next up Simon Grayson! :)
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    Football

    Decent warmup game, just concentrating on the league, you remember the championship :lol:
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    Blackpool - Manchester Electrification

    Piling tonight in Chorley and as usual the local media managed to find a few local moaners!
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    Possible eviction

    First your friend needs to go through her rental agreement and see what exactly are the landlords option(s) for repossession, it's possible there maybe a legal "flaw" in the clauses of the agreement (especially if it hasn't been written by a solicitor. Whatever communication, both to and from...
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    Manchester Arena Incident (22/05/2017)

    Northern Trains are offering free travel to the concert on production of a concert ticket
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    Blackpool - Manchester Electrification

    Report in the Lancashire Evening Post stated that on May 15 a railway maintenance vehicle nearly collided with a 1 tonne steel pile that had been left on the track at Kirkham, the RAIB have said they have conducted a preliminary investigation but have decided to not conduct a full investigation...

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