This picture was sent in from E.H. Simister it shows February 1950 and a prototype Leyland Olympic (How Appropriate) turns left into Church street, Preston. These buses were a joint venture with Leyland Motors and Metro-Cammel Weymann. Picture reproduced with kind permission of the British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland.placeholder image
This picture was sent in from E.H. Simister it shows February 1950 and a prototype Leyland Olympic (How Appropriate) turns left into Church street, Preston. These buses were a joint venture with Leyland Motors and Metro-Cammel Weymann. Picture reproduced with kind permission of the British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland.

36 fascinating old pictures of 1950s Preston - the people, streets, buildings and landmarks

Claire Lark
By Claire Lark

Nostalgia and Property Writer

Published 29th Jan 2025, 12:55 BST

These pictures are like stepping into a time machine.

Giving us a glimpse of life in Preston back in 1950, these are some of our best archive pictures of the city back at the halfway point of the 20th century, depicting scenes of everyday life which just go to show how much things have changed over the subsequent 73 years.

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Junction of Ripon Street & Garstang Road, Preston c. 1950 Click Here for a recent street view.

9. 1950s Preston

Junction of Ripon Street & Garstang Road, Preston c. 1950 Click Here for a recent street view. Photo: PDA

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This picture of a Wireless Police Traffic Control Box,on the A59 in Hutton, in 1950. Source - Lancashire County Library and Information Service / Red Rose Collections and Preston Digital Archive

10. 1950s Preston

This picture of a Wireless Police Traffic Control Box,on the A59 in Hutton, in 1950. Source - Lancashire County Library and Information Service / Red Rose Collections and Preston Digital Archive Photo: Preston Digital Archive

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Junction of Mount Pleasant West and Ladywell Street, Preston c.1950

11. 1950s Preston

Junction of Mount Pleasant West and Ladywell Street, Preston c.1950 Photo: PDA

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Church Street, Preston c.1950

12. 1950s Preston

Church Street, Preston c.1950 Photo: PDA

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