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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22. Remains of the old Town Hall and Guild Hall in Preston dressed for the 1952 Preston Guild, pictured from Fishergate
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24. Church Street, Preston c.1952 Photograph by Edgar Blackburn. A glimpse of Church Street taken through the cloister arches of the old Town Hall (remains of)
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