Industry and commerce remained strong in Preston during 1926.
Cotton mills continue to employ large numbers, though trade faced uncertainty following the nationwide unrest of the 1926 United Kingdom general strike.
Markets bustled, rail traffic was steady and the town maintains its reputation as a key Lancashire manufacturing centre.
10. Preston, 1926
George Simpson is in the foreground of this picture taken during the Whit Monday procession of 1926 in Preston | submit
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