Retro

Karl & Nobby in 2026 and 1980

Preston photographer reunites 'alternative kids'

Albert Pierrepoint pictured in retirement. Britain's most famous hangman executed hundreds of people during his career, including Ruth Ellis, notorious murderers and Nazi war criminals

The infamous faces... and the man behind the noose

The former Fishergate Baptist Church, with its landmark clock tower, has been given a new lease of life as Luka restaurant

History of Fishergate Baptist Church as Luka opens

The proposed Saul Street Studios will be born out of the historic Preston Masonic Hall building (inset)

11 striking images show planned transformation of landmark Preston building

Fine Fare at St John's Shopping Centre in 1983, with the subway entrance leading to Preston Bus Station. The supermarket closed in October that year

Preston's St John's and Guild Hall arcades: a nostalgic look back

Flooding on Broadgate, Preston, where high water was a familiar sight before modern river defences were built

Historic Preston floods show why River Ribble defences matter

The Big Dipper

30 years of halcyon days at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Victoria Road, Walton-le-Dale, around 1936, showing the historic lime trees which are now at the centre of a battle over plans for new flood defences

Walton-le-Dale's historic lime trees under threat

Julie Corrigan and Matthew Williams of All Hallows RC High School in Penwortham, Preston, learn more about the internet on BT's Tech Truck, when it visited the school

Remember these school days in 1990s Preston?

Colour and crowds on the streets of Preston during the Caribbean Carnival in 1978

Keith Johnson's Preston book

A dramatic scene from the 1931 Hollywood film Trader Horn, inspired by the African adventures of Preston-raised explorer Alfred Aloysius Smith

From Preston to Hollywood: The remarkable life of adventurer Trader Horn

Building Giants on stage at the Glastonferret Music Festival at The Ferret, in 2019

The Ferret Preston celebrates 20 years of live music in 20 pictures

There was a lot of fun to be had on this Lancashire-made Silentnight bed

From beds to bread: The stories behind Lancashire brands

Retro 1971
Another batch of Uncle Joe's Mint Balls ready for the shops made at the Dorning Street factory in Wigan

Lancashire's famous food brands

‘We sold 2,000 tickets at five shillings in advance or six shillings on the door.’ Mike Wilcock was just 20 when he booked a little known band called The Rolling Stones to appear in Morecambe on September 27, 1963.

'I booked Rolling Stones in Lancashire town before they were famous'

Lancaster Castle was Europe’s longest-serving operational prison until its closure in March 2011

Enjoy rare glimpse behind closed doors at old Lancaster Castle Prison
Enjoy this rare glimpse behind closed doors at the old Lancaster Castle Prison.
Debbie Butler

Easter egg making at Beechs Chocolate Factory, Fletcher Road, Preston

The 100-year history of Preston’s Beech’s factory as demolition looms

Entrance to the Miley Tunnel in Preston back in 1970

18 fascinating photos of Preston’s historic Miley Tunnel

Publican Mark Tindill brutally killed Blackpool Market stallholder Lisa Chadderton, 44, in the flat they shared above Gillepsies, the pub he ran in Topping Street, Blackpool on November 27, 2017

Notorious Lancashire murderer and former pub landlord dies behind bars

Garstang and Catterall station on the main Preston to Lancaster railway. Anthony Hewitson arrived here in 1872 before discovering there was no Sunday connection into Garstang and having to walk the remaining two miles

Garstang's fortunes reversed

29 incredible 1980s pictures that define a memorable decade

Singing Ringing Tree, Burnley

One of Lancashire's most iconic sculptures will get a major overhaul

Disastrous storms and floods in Lune Valley in late 19th century were greatest in living memory

In pictures: Storms and floods were greatest in living memory

When phoneboxes were still in regular use. This was taken outside the Spar shop on Plungington Road, Preston in 1991. Photo: Paul Edwards

These 14 images of early 90s Preston will have you feeling nostalgic

Step back in time to see Lancaster in the 1950s

Looking back at GCSE results pictures from down the years

Remembering Preston's Star Wars star Kenny Baker
The Preston connection to one of Star Wars' most beloved characters, and the remarkable life of actor Kenny Baker, remembered in pictures
Colin Ainscough

Max Bass pictured holding the Beatles album which his mum got the Beatles to sign in 1965.

Rare Beatles album at auction

Jimmy Cricket

14 pictures remembering comedy legend Jimmy Cricket

Coming down - the demolition of Layton Flats in 2016

Ten years to the day since Blackpool's skyline changed forever

Plus ça change..? An artist impression of a 2005 plan for new flats at the Miller Arcade in 2005

Victorian Miller Arcade revival in Preston

The Nolan Sisters take a break from performing in cabaret at Park Hall, in Charnock Richard to meet fans at record shop Malcolm's Musicland, in Chapel Street, Chorley on January 31, 1980

Malcolm's Musicland

A present-day view along Lovat Road from Garstang Road, with Abrar Academy in the former Moor Park Methodist buildings and SugarBudz occupying the old chemist’s shop

Preston's Lovat Road after BBC fame

As part of his A Little English City project, photographer Dave Clark captured festival events at the Crook O’Lune in July and in Morecambe in August 2000

Stunning pictures from festival which heralded new millennium

Apprentices at Leyland Trucks, where training young engineers and manufacturing specialists has long been central to the company’s success. More than 200 apprentices have been trained over the past decade, continuing a tradition that has seen generations of local families build their careers at the firm

Leyland Trucks celebrates 130 years in 28 pictures

Simon Gillow Reynolds is delighted at the new roof on the Gillow mausoleum. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

Ancient and important Gillow mausoleum restored thanks to descendant

Lovat Road regulars outside the pub during the Preston street’s spell in the television spotlight in the late 1980s

Preston locals star in BBC show

Heysham Viking Festival 2026 - a Viking with a helmet issues a war cry.

29 fantastic pictures from the ever popular Viking Festival

Looking back at bathing beauty competitions at Morecambe’s famous Super Swimming Stadium

Remembering Morecambe’s famous Super Swimming Stadium

Outside Lancaster Castle Prison.

Lancaster Castle pictured through the years including the handless corpse case

Terraced housing on St Paul’s Road reflected the new building regulations introduced during the 1870s, when Lovat Road and the surrounding neighbourhood were taking shape

The people, pubs and shops of a Preston street

Moor Park Chapel, which stood facing Garstang Road before the streets behind were developed

BBC picks Lovat Road for Coronation Street

Workers carry out stone paving repairs around Preston’s war memorial ahead of its centenary commemorations

Drone captures Preston war memorial preparations

Reborn: Castle Chambers

See how the historic Lancaster Castle chambers have been reborn

An 18th-century view of Preston, where John Burgoyne was elected MP after the bitterly contested “Great Election” of 1768

Preston’s role in the American Revolution and the man who lost America

David Bowie was among the early big-name stars to appear at Preston Guild Hall in the 1970s

Preston Guild Hall memories from Bowie and Queen to Bing Crosby and Morecambe an...

People gather at a previous Battle of Bamber Bridge commemoration event at Ye Olde Hob Inn. This year’s event will take place on Saturday from 1pm to 7pm

Bamber Bridge event to remember wartime stand against segregation

Railway stations that were at the heart of Lancashire towns

35 treasured photos of the railway stations that entwined Lancashire

Preston War Memorial is unveiled in Market Square in June 1926, with huge crowds gathered around the new monument and surrounding streets

Preston War Memorial's 100th anniversary

The gold memorial ring inscribed to Dr Richard Busby, which was found by metal detectorist Amanda Parker in Catforth, near Preston, and is expected to fetch around £3,000 at auction

Rare gold skull ring found in field could fetch £3,000 at auction

Tommy Docherty, right, shakes hands before a Scotland match. The former Preston North End midfielder was part of Scotland’s 1958 World Cup squad

PNE’s Scotland World Cup links recalled after 2026 qualification

The Mix nightclub memories

45 fabulous photo's from The Mix nightclub

26 years on: Photographer captures city life in year 2000

Tom Finney lines up for England against Italy in Turin in 1948, when England won 4-0

Preston North End’s England World Cup links recalled

34 pictures take you back to the heyday of Morecambe Super Swimming Stadium

34 pictures take you back to heyday of this swimming stadium