Plenty has changed about the city over the intervening seven decades or so, but you can still take a trip down memory lane to explore Preston as it once was.
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33. Junction of Garstang Road & Aqueduct Street, Preston 1950 Note the entrance to the gentlemans public lavatories below the Persil billboard.
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34. Park Court, Preston c.1950 Viewed looking north towards Fishergate. Park Court was located just east of New Cock Yard, sandwiched between Glovers Court and Cannon Street. The homes seen here were swept away in the late 50's as part of the town's re-housing scheme. A plan that was partly designed to reduce the population density of the town centre.
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35. The Plough Inn, Grimsargh, near Preston. December 1969. Councillor Tony Parker alongside his recently acquired Bentley
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36. Elevated view of the Ringway Construction, Preston c.1967 The area in the lower foreground, slightly left of centre, is the erstwhile location of the Corporation Arms P.H. The partly demolished roof of Mather Brothers printers that faced Lune Street, is just right of centre. Photo by Terry Martin, courtesy of Nicola Martin of the Preston Past and Present Facebook Group.
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