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...
25. photograph taken in the late 1950's with a group of ladies who were all from the "Stores and Supply Department", and working at Strand Road, Preston, before setting off on a days outing to Blackpool. Some of the other's in the photograph were: Judy Gregson; Barbara Gray, and Sylvia Barker. Sent in by Ron And Ruth, St Annes On Sea 01253 367360 [email protected]
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26. Preston North End F.C. 1954 F.A. Cup Final Team. Not a blade of grass in sight!
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27. Mention of Middleton Towers prompted me to recall a photograph taken there. It is circa 1951, and I am the small one. Mum and Dad had saved up hard for a holiday, so on the first night at the Towers, they were delighted they got Full House on the Bingo! I believe at the time Bingo was actually known as Housey Housey. I was born in Mount Street Hospital and we lived in a building which was known as the Drill Hall. It was at the rear of the Museul of Lancashire in Stanley Street, but our entrance was on St Maryâs St and the prison was a Naval prison. Eddie Clegg, Preston
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28. Nellie Oakey taken outside Preston Central Post Office on the 26th July 1950. She was born in 1892 in Witney, Oxfordshire and moved to Preston after the second world war to Holme Slack Lane. She would have been aged 58 at the time of the photograph and died peacefully in 1981 aged 88. sent in by grandson Peter Wilkinson, Penwortham
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