5. Preston Marine and Sea Cadet Regatta, River Ribble c.1970 Colour Sergeant Jim Bland is seen on a makeshift raft in the River Ribble. A rope was stretched between the Sea Cadets hut and the opposing riverbank in order to display various methods of crossing a river. Sometime later that day, as part of the Marine Cadet sniper display, an old tailors dummy was shot at and subsequently dropped into the river from high up in the coal conveyor that supplied Penwortham Power Station. It was quite a dramatic finale to the days proceedings. A few days later the dummy washed up on a mudbank near Freckleton and became the subject of a frantic recovery attempt by police and rescue services who clearly thought they were dealing with a suicide victim, until they rolled the 'body' over to reveal the words "property of Marks and Spencers" etched about the belly button area!
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6. Traffic control box at the junction of Lancaster Road and Church Street, Preston, March 8, 1969.
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7. Raglan Street Backs. Preston c. 1969 Looking south down towards Evans Street and Aqueduct Street. Greenbank sidings signal box at left. Steam Mill on skyline left of centre.
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8. The Plough Inn, Grimsargh, near Preston. December 1969. Councillor Tony Parker alongside his recently acquired Bentley
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