Lancashire Archives & Local History Heritage Open Days: 6th -15th September 2024 I was fortunate enough to be able to make the time to visit a number of places around the town, and one further afield, earlier in the month. I am only just getting around to looking back through my photographs. Heritage Open Days is an annual celebration of England's history and culture that allows visitors free access to heritage sites and community events that are either not usually open to the public, would normally charge an entrance fee, or that are putting on something special for the festival. Don't blame me if you missed this, as I tried my best to post things about them beforehand. Unfortunately, it was difficult to visit everything on offer during Saturday 14th September. There was quite a bit of overlap between events on that day in Preston, let alone the wider Lancashire. However, I made time to visit the Lancashire Archives as my last call of the day. It is possible to visit on
The Globe Tavern Probably one of my favourite buildings in town (how I refer to the now city of Preston). It is currently the Hang Seng Oriental Supermarket at 120 Corporation Street, Preston PR1 2HE The former Globe Tavern in Preston The post started off as a question about the origins of the building, because I wasn't having much luck with the search engine results. However, I was able to join the dots using the Preston Digital Archive and Steve Halliwell's PRESTON'S INNS, TAVERNS and BEERHOUSES website/blog. The building was built in 1892, on the junction of Corporation Street and Heatley Street. Initially, I was struggling with what is perhaps a logo incorporating I S & L ( ...I thought that it could be another combination of those letters... 🤔 ) The former Globe Tavern in Preston - L ogo incorporating I S & L I understand that it was Tom's Tavern around 1983. It was also known as 'Method' in the period around 2012. It has also formerly been