Take me back! 31 old school retro pictures of classic nights out at Preston Yates's

Yates’s was quite the popular watering hole back in the day.

And so, in honour of the venue, we’ve put together a collection of our best archive pictures of merrymakers at Yates’s down the decades.

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These are some incredible historic pictures, so have a look and see if you recognise any familiar sights or faces...

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29. Preston's Yates's

Some very familiar faces here - Preston town crier Roy Harness has plenty to shout about with the grand reopening of Yates's Wine Lodge after a facelift in 1995. He is pictured alongside Gary Peters, boss of Preston North End, pub manager David Robertson, and PNE legend Sir Tom Finney Photo: RETRO