An ex-pat by the name of Bernie Tucker is planning a party to be held in Perth, Western Australia, to mark the Guild in six years time. Bernie emigrated from Lostock Hall 36 years ago, and still misses English pubs.
For the last Guild in 1992 Bernie organised a live telephone link-up with Sir Tom Finney and the Guild mayor Harold Parker. 460 ex-pat Prestonians joined Bernie from all over Australia for a night of Lancashire fun including
- morris dancing
- a brass band
- hot-pot supper (yum!)
- miss Preston Guild competition
Bernie can be contacted at burnt (at) iprimus.com.au and should be able to respond when he returns to Australia at the start of September. I will be there for sure, and you should be too!