With that in mind, take a look at a few of our best archive pictures of properly old school retro vehicles from Preston back in the late-1960s, from classic buses and nippy police cars to huge ships and submarines.
As one reader said: “I reckon a few of these motors could still do a job now!”
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13. 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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14. Traffic control box at the junction of Lancaster Road and Church Street, Preston, March 8, 1969.
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15. Raglan Street Backs. Preston c. 1969 Looking south down towards Evans Street and Aqueduct Street. Greenbank sidings signal box at left. Steam Mill on skyline left of centre.
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16. The Plough Inn, Grimsargh, near Preston. December 1969. Councillor Tony Parker alongside his recently acquired Bentley
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