Sunny Saturday City Walk Around Preston May 27th

#walking #walkingtour #lancashire #uk

[@johnnylaw91]

Hello there, thanks for these videos - this is my hometown but now I live far away on the other side of the world. Not much hope of me walking these streets again myself for a long time, so it is lovely to see. I wonder if you have noticed - at this point in the video 22:08 if you look above you on the wall of Caffe Nero here before you turn right off Friargate (opposite The Black Horse, - an excellent pub btw!) there is a pretty mind blowingly impressive blue plaque - and it's totally true - he owned a property on that spot, bought for his daughter who lived there after marrying a Lancashire lad. He visited and stayed there for several months when she had given birth to his grandchild. Then went back home to become rather famous 🙂 Check it out next time you pass. Cheers & keep on walking!

[@anorthernwalker]

Hi, thank you for the comment - who was it who owned the house there?

[@anorthernwalker]

Walked past it today - Benjamin Franklin! I had no idea.

[@johnnylaw91]

​@@anorthernwalker Nice one. Yep - one of the "Founding Fathers" of The United States of America and signed the Declaration of Independence from Britain. On the $100 dollar bill. He'd be able to buy a few pints in The Black Horse and lots of Greggs pasties with that! Ha ha. Anyway, it's been nice chatting - Good Luck with your channel - I'm obviously subscribed and will be going through your back catalogue of videos, watching them and giving lots of "likes". If I think of anything interesting again as I follow your travels I'll leave a comment. Cheers.

[@hilariousvids934]

I was in Preston that day. 😂😊

[@politicallyincorrect2564]

The city is dead early in the mornings. The parks though are full of people on a nice day like this. Preston has some very lovely parks.

[@rogercrighton3536]

Why on earth did he walk do far when you can either cut through the street or catch any bus going that way

[@user-do2rv4db9k]

Preston born and bred, but moved away a long time ago. Sorry, but the old town looks so run down and depressing.

[@rogercrighton3536]

It was bank holiday .that why its quite

[@Mosel66]

Looks more like a Sunday, the city is dead.

[@fionamorant2769]

No Sundays are so busy when it should be quiet. Sunday is dedicated to God. “SIX DAYS THOU SHALT LABOUR”.