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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This area of Church Row, with the nightclub then named The Venue, would have been totally redeveloped during the Tithebarn project Photo: Ian Robinson
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This impressive row of shopson Lancaster Road is known collectively as the Princes buildings - the whole row is a grade II listed building and incorporates the Golden Ball pub Photo: Ian Robinson
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Lancaster would have been a main focal point for the whole Tithebarn project redevelopment Photo: Ian Robinson
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Another view down Lancaster Road, this time towards the Guild Hall, which would also be a highlight in the proposed Tithebarn project Photo: Ian Robinson