Delving back some 72 years into the depths of history to a time before satellites, the internet, defibrillators, mobile phones, and barcodes, this collection of retro archive pictures from Preston way back in 1952 displays the city as you’ve never seen it before.
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1. 1952 Preston Guild Preston & District Butchers Association members float. Photo courtesy of www.preston-guild.co.uk
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2. snowdrift in Garstang in 1940, Church Street Preston decorated for the 1952 Preston Guild and the mayoral procession in Longridge from a decade ago
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3. Many thanks to LP reader Mary Gibson, originally from the St Walburge's Parish in Preston but now living in Morecambe, for today's photo of Cardinal Griffin at the 1952 Preston Guild. The picture was taken by Harry Bamber, a press photographer from Preston.
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4. Looking Back 1952 Guild Week This picture was sent in by Marie Todhunter it was taken outside my grandma's house in Great Avenham street,Preston.The lang family im at the front aged 5.
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