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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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Cottage Lane day nursery in Bamber Bridge, Chritmas parties past, 1958

9. Vintage Christmas

Cottage Lane day nursery in Bamber Bridge, Chritmas parties past, 1958 | National World

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Frenchwood County Primary School's festive party. But which year?

10. Vintage Christmas

Frenchwood County Primary School's festive party. But which year? | submit

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A chef gives a nurse the first taste of Christmas pudding in the kitchens of the Municipal Hospital at Preston, where the chef and cook are busy making about sixty Christmas puddings for the patients and staff in readiness for the festive season, England

11. Vintage Christmas

A chef gives a nurse the first taste of Christmas pudding in the kitchens of the Municipal Hospital at Preston, where the chef and cook are busy making about sixty Christmas puddings for the patients and staff in readiness for the festive season, England | Getty Images

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