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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30. Preston Corporation Transport Dept., Deepdale c.1966 Towing and Recovery Vehicle No. R1 (Reg. 061 CK)
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31. Preston trucker Mike Wedgwood-Benn's first driving job for George Arrowsmith in 1966 in a Bedford truck
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32. Preston Railway Station 1967 45447 at platform 6. on 20th March 1967. Photograph courtesy and copyright of Geoff Coward ©
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