Are you from Preston or South Ribble living in Shetland?

I have anounced on Shetlink that I am looking to interview folk for PrestonFM who have left home and moved up to Shetland.
The interviews I hope to be light hearted and informative.
If you want to be interviewed or know someone either leave a comment or forward this to your friend.
You will be credited if you want to be and you don't have to use your own name..

I look forward to hear from you..

What made you come to Preston?

I am gonna do a bit on why I came to Preston in one of my 3 shows. These I will let you know in the very near future.
I came to Preston with my new girlfriend back in 2004. We moved into a friend of hers near Miller Park and I was lucky enough to get a job within a couple of weeks.
We got our own rented place in Penwortham some weeks later after my partner got work.
I have had only three jobs since leaving London.
In London I worked in Day care centres, some pubs here and there, worked within the film industry and the bingo and cinema trades.
You will find out more during the shows...

If you want to leave a comment, perhaps describing why you are in Preston and what brought you here please feel free. They all will be read, some replied and some read out on air...

Thanx

A riverside residence.

The picture above is The River Ribble and I was standing on the old footbridge when taking this photo.
The Ribble is an important river and has helped to make Preston with its growth throughout the years.
We were off to the Preston Mela, a celebration of Asian culture here in the North West and a fantastic festival. Excellent food and excellent folk.

We turned to continue over the bridge and was confronted with the image below.

Judging by the looks of things this person has stayed here a while. We wondered where they may have been now and what they were doing, did they have a full belly or has life dealt them such cards as to lie somewhere fueling an internal struggle with alcohol or drugs.
Lizzie always tries to give something to these folk she sees, I sometimes think it may not be the right thing to do, but I know until there is a viable alternative, we may be forced to. With the government wielding a huge axe cutting budgets and changing folks lives, as if we were being punished for not voting for them in the past I really do fear for these folk myself.
Many I have met have had problems, unable to get on at school, a chalenging childhood, a breakdown or rejection. Many have some sort of difficulty within, some cannot read or write, some have mental illnesses and some lost all hope.
If we are able to help these folk through these times then help we should. I myself had been in such a place for a short while. It takes a long time to climb back. I was lucky and had been given a break and was able too to see what it meant. I was also lucky to have met Lizzie. Very lucky.

Are You A Shetlander in Preston?

Do you come fae Shetland? An ex-pat of the Ultima Thule?

Here on PrestonFM 103.2 I plan to start a show for you.

This is the year of Hamefaring

Every 25 years the people of Shetland throw an open invitation to all folk who have links with family within Shetland.
I will be going twice so I could give you a taste of the reels, yarns and anticts of the Guizer Yarl and his Up Helly AA Squad.

There are many events going on, I know sometimes folk cannot make it so let us bring a wee bit of Shetland to Preston.


Are there any groups of folk who meet?

I can come and have a yarn and tell of all the folk I know.

One you all may know of was a dear friend of mine and my family.

Rhoda Bulter
Via Shetlopedia

She and Dennis lived next door to my Grannie and Grandad.

Please leave a comment

Thanx

Preston Mela

Went to see the shows at Preston Mela. It was looking good, although there was a threat of rain there were a good number of folk there at 1.30. thr PrestonFM tent was up at the top of the hill overlooking the whole event. There were roving reporters and a recording booth to alow folk to say what they think.
Avenham Park is a fantastic venue for music events. It is a large bowl shaped green, looking at the river from the top of the bowl at the Winkley Square entrance you do get a good view of things and the sound carries very well to the top, even throught the shrubbery. To the right are the oriental gardens and in the dizzy hights East Cliff with the old Preston Hotel builing with its looming Victorian Watch Tower. Towards the river, still on the right is the new Pavilion. A building worthy of an award me thiks. Open most days with a community space and a cafe.
We had to leave after a short while, I will post some images as soon as I upload from my camera.

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Sadly the images were not really very good. Sorry

Welcome

Hi and welcome to this blog.

I hope to track my progress through PrestonFM.

I applied for a production course and made the grade.

We all made it to PrestonFM HQ opposite the Wellie and was introduced to out tutor, Darren and eachother.

The 1st day was about the basics. how to conduct ourselves and the finer points of PrestonFM

Day two we got to work the desks and was show the better ways of starting features, interviews and a bit more nittygritty.

Day three we produced a half hour show. My partner was Sarah, she knows a bout holidays and I know a little.

Our show was split with 2 features. Sarah on her recent holiday experienc and me about Shetland as a holiday destination.