Bolton V Sheffield

Touch down in the UK... Preston and surrounds

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May 10th 2007
We arrived safely in Liverpool on the 29th March and Bernie picked us up on her way home from work in Chorley. We had time to take in the scenery as we drove the hour back to Preston. It’s an industrial looking city and a very new one so it doesn’t have the history and beautiful architecture of some of the other cities we have been too. It was great though to unpack at Bernie and Shaun’s fl ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lancashire » Preston

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more