And so, when it comes to Preston’s city centre, there really is only one place to start, and that’s with Fishergate. So take a look at a few of the best pictures of the area from down the ages...
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17. Fishergate through the ages
Pamela Kelt and Muireall Kelt on the picket lines outside the Fishergate offices of the Lancashire Evening Post. Pamela was a trainee journalist with the Southport Visitor and mum Muireall the Women's Editor for the Lancashire Evening Post Photo: RETRO
18. Fishergate through the ages
Garfield, aka Ruth Sweeten, 17, whose family own the bookshop of the same name in Fishergate, Preston, hitting the streets to promote more than two dozen Garfield books on sale there Photo: RETRO
19. Fishergate through the ages
A Welsh singer brought a song to the streets of Preston at the start of the town's Shopping Week. The Fishergate branch of the Woolworth store invited Bryn Yemm to spend a morning promoting his latest record. He also urged passers-by to join in a range of gospel and other popular songs Photo: RETRO