I just can't get my head around it... 49 mind-blowing historic retro pics of Preston in 1952

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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