And, in this case, it’s a very long a winding lane indeed, as today’s retro picture gallery takes us all the way back to 1950. A different time altogether, 1950 is now 73 years in the past, meaning that a five-year-old just starting to make memories of that time would now be almost 80. Check out our best archive images of that heady era.
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9. 1950 Preston people
Horrockses' Scutching room Preston c.1950 c.1950. A scutching machine in operation at the yard works. Photo: PDA
11. 1950 Preston people
This picture was sent in by Allan Fazackerley from Penwortham, Preston. It shows Arthur Fazackerley, Allan's dad, during his stint at the Public Hall alongside his closest friends ,Arthur and Annie Pickering in about 1950. Photo: Other
12. 1950 Preston people
June 1950 and the first bananas to go on sale in Preston Market since the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 Photo: RETRO