Personal recollection of a rowdy day out from Preston.

As we drove past “The Bloomfield” we chatted about whether shut and boarded up pubs were a sign of the times. Maybe less sense of community and using your local?

Frank Murray writes about the site of the old Rugby ground and greyhound stadium, and how the area has changed - complete with a map, a list of what now stands on the site, and a copy of a leaflet from the Swift Hound pub (named because it stands on the site of the greyhound stadium).

Frank Murray writes about houses in the Bloomfield area, with a reminiscence about his Gran and Grandad’s old house, on Dunelt Road just off Bloomfield Road.  For comparison, there are some cuttings from the local newspaper to show the sorts of prices that houses in Bloomfield sell for today.