What’s more, it’s scary to think that these pictures are all from an era before England had even won a World Cup! Nevertheless, take a trip back in time to see what things in the city looked like some 70 years ago.
These images will have you syaing: “I barely recognise my own city!”
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9. PLEASE SAVE Tom Finney leads the Preston North End team out for the 1954 FA Cup Final
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10. Enclosing a photo of St Michael's and All Angels, Ashton, Preston, Scout Camp at Scorton in 1954. Left standing Eric Botham, Brian (do not know, me kneeling, cutting the hair of Stan Sharples. These three boys grew up together and were boyfriends of mine. I married Eric Botham as he asked me to write to him when he went into the Army. We did our courting by letter when he was in Malaga. We married in 1959 and will celebrate St Michael's School, not bad going. Pat Botham, Ashton-on-Ribble
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12. Courtaulds Red Scar Plant, Preston. Courtauldsâ 1954 Works Christmas Party. Alan Middleton Courtauldsâ Collection © 2021 Images and caption comments courtesy of David Eaves
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