Safe to say that things have changed plenty over the intervening decades - put it this way, when these images were taken, England were world champions in the men's football - but it's nevertheless fascinating to delve back into the past and catch a glimpse of what Preston looked like back in the day.
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5. Police Investigation vicinity of Brook Street and Victoria Street, Preston c.1968 Photographed by Terry Martin. Image courtesy of Nicola Martin of the Preston Past and Present Facebook Group.
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6. Preston Railway Station 1968 Locomotive No. 44971 from lostock Hall shed is seen standing on the through road between platforms 2 and 3 c.1968
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7. Ray Catterall outside the old east division police station entrance Stanley Street, Preston then situated at the front of the HM prison, Preston, in August 1968 Sent in by reader John Siddall, of Fulwood
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