I have recently assembled 10 years research into historic inns, taverns and beer-houses that have existed in the old borough of Preston, onto a blog. Apart from the mere fact of recording a part of Preston's social history, I saw it as an opportunity to provide a resource for Family Historians, as well as others, to trace a part of their family's history that they perhaps didn't know about. Records from censuses and records of 'Mine Hosts' are as complete as I am able. However, like most old jigsaws, there are a lot of pieces missing. My hope is that descendants of those involved, or anyone else who knows, can help to find those pieces.
In the first four months after the launch of the site, I have been astounded by the response that I have already had - new information, photographs, and many other contributions have been made to it by interested visitors.
Share your knowledge with others, so that they may add to it in due course, thus enhancing your own knowledge.
It's a bit like a bank account - you can't expect to make withdrawals unless you've already made a deposit. Well that's the way it used to be, and the way things are going, we may have to return to that good practice!
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http://pubsinpreston.blogspot.com 
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