My Preston Guild Photo
Scrapbook
I have been out taking photos today for my Preston Guild 2012 scrapbook so i thought i would share some with you here. It all started with a trip to see the Methodist Church Art collection at St Peters Art Center - only it finished yesterday! - some of the leaflets had the wrong date... All photos taken 19/7/2012
This was one of just two artworks i was able to see from the Methodist Church Art Collection at St Peters Art Center at UCLAN . This is a collection of Christian Art second only to that of the Vatican It is entitled "The Crossover the City by Michael Edmonds, 1962, and is a polyester,brass and mosaic relief panel. I also saw the Dalit Madonna, an oil painting by Jyoti Sahi and i found this work particularly moving. Just wish i had seen the whole collection.
I went online later to view the collection which was great
The rest were already packed up ready to go to London
Saw this on the outside wall of the church
A train in flowers on the University roundabout complete with carriage below!
And next to it - well - a flower in flowers!
Even the bins have caught Preston Guild Fever. This photo was taken from the bottom of Friargate looking towards the town centre
A lovely lively scene of the market square ready for the Guild. There are some new flag posts but not sure if for the Guild or if permanent - look good though !
I still felt in the mood for some culture so i decided to take a look inside Preston Minster - the Parish church of Preston - at the top of Church Street - the door was open!
A nice lady from the church explained a lot of the artifacts to me - Thank you!
A fab hand painted mural
An embroidered chair back featuring the Preston lamb
Fabulous patchwork and embroidered panel
The present church building was designed/built by E.H.Shellard between 1853-1855 to replace previous buildings withe the earliest record of a church on the site going back to 1094 and St Wilfrid - an ancient Christian site. In 2003 the church was renamed Minster Church of St John to mark the granting of City status to Preston.
Another of the handmade panels
Walking home i noticed the fence had gone from a small wild flower meadow planted at the botton of North Road. Some really pretty flowers and some new trees. I think this is part of the Guild Wheel walkway/cycleway
Finally. on the Blackpool Road/Garstang Road corner of Moor Park
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