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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25. Youngsters at Preston station in 1964 waiting to catch the train to Wembley for the 1964 FA Cup Final. A Blue Pullman train is in the background
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26. Lancaster Road / North Road Preston c. 1965 The Church Hotel is on the right with English Martyrs Church in the background. Dominating the center of the image is a mens urinal. A common sight in Preston up to the mid 60's they were known locally as 'Iron Dukes' probably named after the audacious class battleship HMS Iron Duke launched in 1870.
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27. Fishergate, Preston c.1965 Note the reflection, in Owen Owen's window of William Caxton's bust atop the Lancashire Evening Post offices on the opposite side of the street (see related image)
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28. Police officers on parade at Earl Street police station, in Preston, circa 1964
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