[susie123]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

have been listening to radio lancs and theyre saying there was 75,000 people in preston on saturday ... but you can see what it was like in winckley square .. it was the main route to avenham park ... and with the food festival as well .. it was hard work to get through it all and to see what they were selling on the stalls ... there were 99 floats in the procession ... hearses, care homes, car firms, haulage firms, shops ... some had put a lot of thought into it ... the thomas cook staff were dancing round .... wouldnt like to have had their feet on sat nite .. high heels ...

Good idea to put the food festival in Winckley Square where people had to pass to get to the park - how I wish I could have been there - I was a student in Preston for four years - brings back memories though never saw a Preston Guild...