11 vintage Christmas pictures of Preston in bygone days which will stir feelings of nostalgia

By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 3rd Dec 2024, 12:47 GMT

They just bring back all those memories of Christmas past.

Father Christmas in department stores, factories and their festive displays in time past and Christmas at schools in bygone days.

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1. Vintage Christmas

A visit to Father Christmas in 1949 - it shows Paul Ibison but we are not sure which shop it was | National World

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2. Vintage Christmas

Happy days at Shaoroe Green Hospital, Preston, as the nurses tuck into their Christmas dinner in 1952. | National World

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3. Vintage Christmas

This Christmas scene was taken inside Preston's famous Horrockses Mill. We think it dates from around 1913.The winder in the white apron in the foreground is Mrs Elliott, mother of reader Mrs D McDermott who kindly sent in the photograph. | National World

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4. Vintage Christmas

Fishwick County Secondary School, Christmas 1950 | National World

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