19 undeniably nostalgic pictures that travel back to the very different era of the 1960s in Preston

By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 1st Oct 2025, 14:22 GMT

These cracking pictures remember so many faces from the past.

They round up the 1960s.

Take a trip back in time to the 1960s in Preston by flicking through our best archive pictures of Preston back in those days.

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1. Preston, 1960s

St Luke's Infant School used to stand on Fletcher Road in Preston and this class picture is thought to date from the 1960s | submit

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2. Preston, 1960s

Taking in a little sun on their lunch break at Mather Brothers (now Wickes) on Garstang Road, Preston, are these workers from the binding department. The photo was taken in the early 1960s | submit

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3. Preston, 1960s

Not quite the scene we associate with Preston Docks today but here it is in all its bustling glory in the early 1960s. Many thanks to Lea reader Janet Tyson for supplying our latest Looking Back image | Specials

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4. Preston 1960s

A whole generation of Prestonians should recognise this splendid interior shot of the town's Top Rank ballroom back in the 1960s | National World

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