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

11 nostalgic Christmas pictures of Preston in long gone days which will stir feelings of nostalgia

Claire Lark
By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 24th Dec 2025, 18:00 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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Girls from Horrockes mill hemming room during their Christmas party in 1950

5. Vintage Christmas

Girls from Horrockes mill hemming room during their Christmas party in 1950 | National World

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St Philip's Church Christmas Tablaux 1936-38 Sent in by Mrs Beare of Fulwood

6. Vintage Christmas

St Philip's Church Christmas Tablaux 1936-38 Sent in by Mrs Beare of Fulwood | National World

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Mill workers at Horrocks's Mill, Preston, at Christmas time during the 1930s.This photograph was kindly supplied by G.F.Chattell of Shelley Road Preston, whose father, a cloth examiner is second from the right on the back row

7. Vintage Christmas

Mill workers at Horrocks's Mill, Preston, at Christmas time during the 1930s.This photograph was kindly supplied by G.F.Chattell of Shelley Road Preston, whose father, a cloth examiner is second from the right on the back row | National World

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Preston Sea Cadets OAPs Christmas Party at The Public Hall 1949 Photograph supplied by George Benson of Dodgson Rd Preston

8. Vintage Christmas

Preston Sea Cadets OAPs Christmas Party at The Public Hall 1949 Photograph supplied by George Benson of Dodgson Rd Preston | National World

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