Students Return & Promo Pests.
Well what a relief the students are back, I can tell you. It’s been a long hard summer without them, and we’ve not had much sunny weather to brighten up an otherwise miserable holiday season. Speaking of holidays, I didn’t even manage to get one this year due to a number of factors, one being the fact that Mrs Taxi [...]
A quick guide to Longridge pubs
Longridge is a market town to the North of Preston, retaining a distinctive character it is well served by a diversity of watering holes. Here is a quick guide to Longridge pubs, not exhaustive, but my favourite run. As you approach from Preston via Grimsargh (No 1 Bus) the first Pub you encounter is; The Old Oak, a pleasant traditional [...]
A Personal Brief Summary of 2010
2010 has been a difficult year for me financially; the recession bit very hard into my takings, my best customer found love and now hardly goes out any more, and fuel prices rocketed. Personally, 2010 has been cruel too, with an immediate family member being diagnosed with cancer, and the subsequent fear & upset within my own home. On the [...]
Tithebarn Project is much needed.
I’m pleased to hear through the Lancashire Evening Post about the Tithebarn Project getting the go-ahead from the Government, although it has not yet been officially confirmed. I like all the other cabbies, know too well that our city centre is in need of new investment. Currently the area of the Tithebarn is in a mess with rundown buildings and [...]
A New Look PrestonLancs!
Welcome to the new site – we hope you’ll enjoy using it. We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible to keep up to date with what’s new – you can now follow us on Twitter, see at a glance what’s happening on the forums, and enjoy regularly updated content direct from the front page.
The news that the far right ‘English Defence League’ plan to demonstrate in Preston fills me with foreboding. This group has held protests up and down the country, and everywhere they go, they bring violence and division. Many of their members are convicted soccer hooligans, and they seem to enjoy nothing more than provoking trouble, whether it is with Asians, [...]
I did a bit of overtime Sunday daytime to fund an evening out with my brother that night. Town was quite busy due to the Liverpool versus Man Utd match being shown in the pubs, but there was also an atmosphere that can only be described as edgy. I don’t think I’ve ever swapped allegiance from team to team as [...]
I don’t know what’s happened this year, but the student work is nowhere near as good as the two previous years I’ve been a taxi driver. I’ve had another rubbish week, with the vast majority of my jobs being tiny little ones; I’m not alone either, some of the other drivers have had a poor two weeks too and they [...]
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