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Published by Winckley Press, Preston
Turn the pages of this book and embark on a journey into the lives of the People of Old Preston. These tales belong to the time when heroes were not manufactured by the media, but earned their place in history by human endeavour and achievement.
Recall the days when Preston was at the heart of the cotton trade, when the gloomy existence of the working classes contrasted sharply with the rich gentry, who made Preston their winter residence.
With its great diversity, both social and industrial, the town became the breeding ground for rich and poor, a place where ambition and oppression stood side by side.
From such life emerged some names that are monumentally familiar and known nationally, while others remain for ever inscribed in the ancient Borough's history.
Thses people and many others helped Preston develop and prosper. They put the pride into Preston and these are their stories.
CONTENTS
- John Huntington
| Ten per cent and no surrender |
- Edward Pedder
| As safe as Pedders' Bank |
- Thomas Duckett & Son
| A loss not easily replaced |
- Joseph Foster & Sons
| Praise heaped upon the town's mechanics |
- Matthew Brown
| Strong beer at a penny a pint |
- Joseph Livesey
| Thee sign first |
- Richard 'Dicky' Turner
| Nothing but tee-total will do |
- Private William Young
| See the Conquering Hero comes |
- Robert Service
| Bard of the Yukon |
- Francis Thompson
| Made all men his debtors |
- Rev. Robert & Edmund Harris
| The Vicar and the Benefactor |
- Edith Rigby
| The woman as much as the man |
- Robert Charles Brown
| Sixty-four years a doctor |
- Thomas Leyland
| No soldier in the world to lick the English tommy |
- Hon. E.G. Stanley
| The Derby Memorial Statue |
- Henry 'Orator' Hunt
| Radical Party Member |
- Richard Arkwright
| Industry was hanging by a thread |
- Horrocks Family
| Rise of the cotton trade |
- Rev. Carus Wilson
| Church builder of the Borough |
- Francis Lady Shelley
| A society lady |
- Angela Brazil
| Worked, Played, Prayed, Passed on |
- Nicholas Arrowsmith
| Shadow of the Workhouse |
- Edwin Henry Booth
| To thine own self be true |
Book Reviews
Lancashire Evening Post:
This best selling author has provided a fascinating insight into Preston's past with a new book. The gripping tales include the stories of John Huntington the cotton outcast who returned to town an oil millionaire and the suffragette Edith Rigby who planted a bomb at the LIverpool Exchange.
Preston Citizen:
A host of colourful characters from Preston's past haunt the pages of a new book by local writer Keith Johnson. The book gives a fascinating insight into the town's bygone days.
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