With that all-true aphorism in mind, take a look at what Prestonians looked like back in the 1950s. They were just like you and I, lived in the same city as us, and generally lived similar lives to ours, but their existence was far different from the one which we experience some 75 years on...
These are some incredible historic pictures, so have a look and see if you recognise any familiar sights or faces...
Still fancy a bot more nostalgia or a few other trips down memory lane? Be sure not to miss some of our other recent retro picture collections...
49. Loxhams Garage, Preston. May 27, 1950. This 51 year old Wolseley car, a single-cylinder 3 1/2-h.p. is being driven from John O' Groats to Lands End by Mr. St. John C. Nixon of Surrey. The car took part in the 1,000 mile trial in 1900 when Mr. Nixon was one of the competitors. Mr. J.A. Wood, Managing Director of Loxham's Morriservices is seen greeting the car and driver. One year earlier, St.John C. Nixon wrote the book Wolseley, A Saga of the Motor Industry
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50. 13th Preston St. Thomas Cub Scouts Winners of the District Cub Shield in 1951. Image courtesy of Rev. Canon Ron Greenall
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51. England players in training at Arsenal's Highbury ground in London, 11th April 1951. Left to right: Harold Hassall (Huddersfield), Billy Wright (Wolves), Tom Finney (Preston) and Harry Cockburn (Manchester United). (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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52. Queen Elizabeth II coronation celebrations, Brownedge Road, Lostock Hall, near Preston, 1953 Preston historical Featured in Memories of Preston, published by True North Books
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