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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33. Meadow Street, Preston. 1965 Of interest is the Post Office on the far left and the adjoining row of empty shops. St. Ignatius Church spire can be seen in the background.
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34. Bedford Street, Preston c.1965 The round top style doorways, were associated with a very early type of industrial housing which has now mostly disappeared from the streets of Preston
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35. Mount Street, Preston 1964 Viewed looking north towards Fishergate, with St Joseph's Hospital in the distance. See comment below for a recent view.
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36. Demolition of the Prince's Theatre & Regent Ballroom, Tithebarn Street, Preston 1964 The ground is being cleared to make way for the new Buckingham Bingo Hall and St. John's Shopping arcade. As a point of reference, the lantern of the Harris Library can be seen left of centre. The bulldozer is pulling on a chain threated through two holes cut into the masonary to demolish the end of the building. The Prince's Theatre was built by Henry Hemfey in 1882, It was initially called 'The New Gaiety Palace of Varieties'. Will Onda later took over the premises. Preston Digital Archive
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