I can’t be the only one on here living in Preston (England) can I?
I ask this because both Colin H’s tome on John McLaughlin and the recent book by Donald Fagen (as recommended here) have both turned up at my local library!
Happy Days!
Afterworder in Preston
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I haven’t moved to Preston, honest. In fact, I don’t actually know where it is!
From you go east about 200 miles and then down a bit….
Pretty much half way between London and Glasgow .
I thought it said “Afterworders in Prison”. I thought Uncle Wheaty’s record collection had been declared a crime against music……..only joking ,Uncle
A crime against music!
I have seven Marillion albums I’ll have you know and two Stone Roses albums.
Really? Which two Stone Roses albums?
Asking for a friend – how much of your time do you spend scouring the Afterword Archives? I’m guessing not a lot happening in Hull right now
I love a good rummage.
I wondered why my Speedos had gone missing. Can I have them back now?
Curse! bang goes my 100% positive feedback rating on eBay.
I’ve been to Preston. 3 times.
Not too far away from you in Blackpool
I work on the outskirts of Blackpool.
Are you a big John Martyn fan bungalowjoe?
Sorry Craig, I initially missed your response. Yes love the music of John Martyn. Definitely need a Blackpool/NW mingle
Is ‘The Criterion’ still open in Blackpool….. I recall the graffitti in there “we are the people our parents warned us about”…
The working title of this ditty is appropriate….
Used to holiday every year in Preston when I was a young ‘un.. Walton La Dale (?) if memory serves. Still have close cousins down there, and PNE are my English team.
Not a story about the lead singer of The Ordinary Boys then?
I spent my student years in Prston (85 to 88) before moving up the road to Lancaster for several years. It has a reputation as a bit of a dump, but I’ve always thought it a fine town and I had a blast there!
Let’s see if I still have the dialect right, ‘y’awright, pal?’ ‘cuppah tea?’ ‘Tara luhv’. How am I doing?
I’ve always thought that Preston was well placed to get elsewhere from..!
Close to the Lakes and the Dales, on the West Coast line and M6.
Thar doin’ reet gud n proper wi yer talkin’ .
Sound as a pound
Spooky. I was in Preston just this week, scouring a few of the out-of-town charity shops. The St Catherine’s Hospice book and record shop, close to the hospice itself, is an absolute gem. I bought a signed Val Doonican LP!
I am in the posher end of ye olde Lankyshire – Notlob.
Hello from Darwen! (next door to Blackburn)
Five more people and it may be worth looking at a Lancashire mingle.
Sounds like a good idea to me
I work in Preston.
There’s more AW folks in the Lancashire area than I thought….
@Baron-Harkonnen when did you last work you fantasist.
March 2015!
David Bowie was alive, Barack Obama was US president and Mrs Brown’s Boys was only on once a week. Didn’t know we were born thy knows.
Just two months later David Cameron would win a slim majority in a general election which, under the fixed term parliament act, would see him remain in office until just over 4 months from now.
But he won that election by promising us a referendum on the EU that we were absolutely desperate for – I mean people can barely talk about anything else.
And he didn’t give it to us. He lied to us! can you believe it??
Used to live in Preston in the 80’s. New Hall Lane I think it was called. Jan Molby was in the local clink at the time if I remember correctly. Also the snooker was on in the Guild Hall. We used to drink in the Red Lion pub. There was a studenty nightclub as well where I seen the mighty Ted Chippinton. Done a piss beside him in the bogs. He hadnt a clue what I was saying cos of the Norn Iron accent. I loved Preston.
The Red Lion used to be quite a drug den back in the day…
I had a mate who likened sex with local ‘Big Bertha’ to throwing a sausage up New Hall Lane,,,,,
Ted didn’t understand you…. you must have been “roughly speaking”….
Ah. Not Preston On Tees then. As you were…
I have been to Preston. But I’ve never been to me.
It’s alright for a holiday. but I wouldn’t wanna live there