The project was meant to bring life to a large area of Preston city centre, with the arrival of shopping giant John Lewis, among other big names. The scheme also included plans for large-scale demolition and re-building work, creating the John Lewis store, a new bus station and a revamped market. But this all collapsed when John Lewis finally pulled the plug on the new store in 2011. For now Prestonians have welcomed a new and improved glassed-in outdoor market, and endured the loss of the indoor market and car park. Plans are afoot to replace this with a cinema, retail and leisure development. We’ve looked at what the area looked like during a period of time in 2007 when the scheme was very much still alive. READ MORE: Pictures of long lost Preston buildings. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Forgotten pubs of Preston. MORE MEMORIES: Further pictures of long gone Preston pubs
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Preston Bus Station has always been in the middle of some row or another. And during the life of the Tithebarn project it was a central quarrel for many parties - many wanting the whole thing flattened and moved to a new location in the city, and supporters seeking listed building status for the brutalist structure. In the end they got their way and the bus station still stands where it has since it was built in 1968 - now with a lick of paint and a spruce up Photo: Ian Robinson
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The former Tradex site was a major player in the Tithebarn project. Now it is home to a B&M store Photo: Ian Robinson
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Another interior shot of Preston Bus Station which found itself in the middle of yet another row about its status during the time of the Tithebarn project Photo: Ian Robinson
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Love it or hate it - Preston Bus Station serves an important role in the Tithebarn area - providing much needed bus services and car parking Photo: Ian Robinson
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These shops on Church Street stood on the proposed site of the new Preston bus station Photo: Ian Robinson
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Open land near to the Preston Guild Hall which was the proposed site of a new city centre cinema Photo: Ian Robinson
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A smaller car park near the Unicentre was to be the proposed site of a new car park once the bus station area was cleared Photo: Ian Robinson
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Waste land near Hammond's Row had also been earmarked for the proposed site of a new car park Photo: Ian Robinson
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Preston's Bus was central in the Tithebarn project as this was the preferred site for the proposed John Lewis store Photo: Ian Robinson
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The area of Church Street where it was proposed the new site for Preston bus station would be Photo: Ian Robinson
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Preston bus station, car park and all, is where a huge John Lewis store would have stood. The retail giant was integral to the whole Tithebarn project and it was when they pulled out that the whole deal collapsed Photo: Ian Robinson
1. Tithebarn project
Preston Bus Station has always been in the middle of some row or another. And during the life of the Tithebarn project it was a central quarrel for many parties - many wanting the whole thing flattened and moved to a new location in the city, and supporters seeking listed building status for the brutalist structure. In the end they got their way and the bus station still stands where it has since it was built in 1968 - now with a lick of paint and a spruce up Photo: Ian Robinson
2. Tithebarn project
The former Tradex site was a major player in the Tithebarn project. Now it is home to a B&M store Photo: Ian Robinson
3. Tithebarn project
Another interior shot of Preston Bus Station which found itself in the middle of yet another row about its status during the time of the Tithebarn project Photo: Ian Robinson
4. Tithebarn project
Love it or hate it - Preston Bus Station serves an important role in the Tithebarn area - providing much needed bus services and car parking Photo: Ian Robinson