I have lived here too! by Jo
And I work here. Sometimes known as DePressedton, because it has it’s dodgy, down-and-out side. I don’t know that I’d recommend tourists go out of their way to visit Preston, but I just wanted to see it listed here.
It definitely has it’s charms though. Not the least of which is the Preston market – a bustling, multicultural place open from Wednesday to Saturday. It’s right next to Preston Station and it has all of your food needs and other market ephemera (cheap clothes, framed prints, fabric, cane goods and gifts). Watch out for the old ladies and their trolleys though – they’ll ram them into your legs to get you out of the way if you don’t move fast enough (and they get even more agro in Bi-Lo).
There are some factory outlets along High St between Bell and Dundas.
Don’t go there on the weekend though (unless it is for the market) – High St is a ghost town! Tumbleweed blows down the street in the whistling wind!
over 6 years ago
