As the sun covered Preston, shops, pubs, restaurants and cafés enjoyed booming trade.
Our photographers were with you to see how it went:
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Preston reopens: 17 photos showing how busy Preston's shops, restaurants and bars were on Saturday
By Colin Ainscough and Neil Cross
Published 19th Apr 2021, 09:29 GMT
Updated 19th Apr 2021, 09:30 GMT
Crowds flocked back to the city over the first weekend following the easing of lockdown restrictions on April 12.