All posts by Prescot Online

  • £1.85m granted to revitalise Prescot’s heritage

    Best news Prescot has had in a while? — Ed. (Press release: Knowsley Council) The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has today awarded £1.85m to Knowsley Council to revitalise Prescot’s historic buildings and breathe new life into the...

    • Posted December 3, 2012
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  • Prescot Christmas Lights Switch-on 2012

    Prescot will be having a Christmas lights switch-on this Saturday, 1 December. Prescot Town Team and Prescot Town Council have put their time and skills together to provide the free event, which features donkey rides, children’s fairground...

    • Posted November 28, 2012
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  • Free Parking to Boost Christmas Shopping in Knowsley

    (Press release: Knowsley Council) Shoppers in Knowsley will once again enjoy free Saturday parking in the run up to Christmas. It is hoped the move will make it even more attractive for people to shop local this...

    • Posted November 28, 2012
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  • Christmas in Prescot 2012

    A few dates for your diary this year: Saturday 1 December . 9am-4pm . Eccleston Street . PRESCOT PRODUCERS’ MARKET (CHRISTMAS MARKET) . Saturday 1 December . 3-5.30pm . Church Street . CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH-ON . Friday 7...

    • Posted November 27, 2012
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  • Prescot Hockey Club

    (Via David Johnson, Prescot Hockey Club) Prescot Hockey Club formed in 1952 as part of the BICC social club in Prescot. In the 1980s, and with the advent of astroturf, Prescot Hockey Club had one of the best facilities...

    • Posted November 8, 2012
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  • Halloween Spookiness in Prescot

    From Knowsley Housing Trust comes this photo of Greenwood Close, Prescot, residents enjoying their Halloween celebrations:

    • Posted November 2, 2012
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  • £10k Boost for Prescot’s Town Team

    (Press release: Knowsley Council) Efforts to revitalise Prescot town centre were given a boost when the ‘Town Team’ working on revamping its fortunes was made an official Portas Pilot Town Team Partner. This means Prescot’s retailers will benefit from a...

    • Posted October 29, 2012
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  • Three in a Bed – New Play by Whiston Playwright Tommy Kearney

    Whiston playwright Tommy Kearney has brought his latest play to the Liverpool Actors Studio this week. Three in a Bed is the story of a staff night out that changes a woman’s life forever. Kearney, a former...

    • Posted October 23, 2012
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  • Prescot Watch Factory to Be Redeveloped

    (Press release: Knowsley Council) Planning approval has been granted to develop a former watch making factory on Albany Road in Prescot. Plans were approved at the council’s Planning Committee yesterday to convert the building into 54 extra...

    • Posted October 18, 2012
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  • Whiston Schoolgirl Gets to Grips with Fireworks

    Primary children were flying high after their first taste of life at a Knowsley Centre for Learning. More than 500 Year 6 children from schools across Knowsley and surrounds enjoyed a ‘Flight Day’ at Knowsley Park Centre...

    • Posted October 12, 2012
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