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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17. post past dock 1969 - High and dry because of Preston Dock strike is the Preston pilot "Saint Joan".Taking the opportunity of a spruce up and overhaul during her enforced redundancy at `Preston Dock old preston docks
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19. Preston Bus Station During Construction 1969 Showing the south end of the construction site Photo by Norman Askew. Image courtesy of the Preston Historical Society. www.prestonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/ © Preston Historical Society.
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20. 4498 [60007] SIR NIGEL GRESLEY I think this was early in 1969, approaching Preston from the south on a special. Sir Nigel was out shopped from Crewe works in early 1968 following a heavy overhall using parts from her unfortunate sister, 60026 MILES BEEVOR and then run-in on revenue-earning nighttime parcels trains.
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