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!”
Still after a bit more nostalgia? Check out some of our other most recent picture galleries...
25. Concorde Assembly, B.A.C. Works, Preston. (?) Press Photograph. August 31, 1966. Caption reads "Section 24 - Rear fuselage - of the first Concorde prototype built in British Aircraft Corporations Preston Works being installed on the general assembly jig. This section arrived from England aboard a 'Belfast' transport aircraft in the morning of the same day"
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26. Preston Railway Station. February 1966 4-6-0 No. 44892 arrives at Platform 5 with a train from the south.
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27. Preston Railway Station 1966 The Station Pilot, No. 47472 taking water at the bay platforms. 24th September 1966
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28. Preston Docks c.1966 Showing activity at the east end of the main basin.
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