And, for countless students at Preston College, or Tuson College as it was formerly known, the story’s no different. As Malcolm X once said, ‘education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today’, so here we take a look at a handful of pictures of college students in Preston preparing for their own futures.
1. Tuson College
Students from Preston's Tuson College's Winckley Square annexe were in good voice when they brought a little happiness to these patients at the town's Mount Street Hospital. The 20 girls and teacher Mrs Renee Vickery sang a selection of carols for the residents at St Joseph's, and helped decorate the wards Photo: RETRO
2. Tuson College
Tuson College Under 19 hockey team taken on January 26, 1980. Tuson College is the modern day Preston College Photo: RETRO
3. Tuson College
Three Tuson College girls have been picked for the Lancashire under 19s hockey team for a match against Cheshire. They are (from left) Louise Fleuriot, Alison Warner and Felicity Gibbins. Paul Clayton (right), 18, has been picked for the county junior soccer team to play Cheshire next week Photo: RETRO
4. Tuson College
Won't you Charleston with me? Students from Tuson College Catering Course in Preston get into the swing of things by finding their dancing feet at their 'Roaring Twenties' night. Photo: RETRO