53 retro pics of Preston's very best old school pubs and boozers back in the day

Famously, Preston once boasted 460 pubs.

And while that is, unfortunately, no longer the case after years of seemingly constant pub-closures (there are now fewer than 30,000 pubs in the entire UK), we decided that what better way to enjoy a trip down memory lane than by taking a look through our best archive pictures of forgotten Preston pubs from eras gone by.

I asked Lancashire Post readers what some of their old favourite haunts might be, and here are some of their suggestions...

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