What’s also incredible is that these pictures all depict a Preston and a UK before a time when we could crow about our national football team having won a World Cup...
These pictures will have you saying: “I can’t believe it...”
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41. Promoting the Horrific Ball night at the Top Rank club in Preston in 1965 from the Vin Sumner collection
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42. The Preston North End team, 23rd February 1964.From left to right (back row) George Ross, John Donnelly, Alan Kelly, Ian Davidson, Tony Singleton, Nobby Lawton; (front row) David Wilson, Brian Godfrey, Alex Dawson, Alan Spavin, Doug Holden. (Photo by D. Beard/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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43. Avenham Demolition, Preston 1965 A view from the new Avenham high-rise flats (or St. James's Church tower) looking north towards the Parish Church.
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44. Horses on their way to a Wild West night at the Top Rank club in Preston in 1965 from the Vin Sumner collection
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