They are from 1952 and 1953 and show the city just as it was in a long lost era.
29. Queen Elizabeth II Coronation celebrations 1952 - street decorations in Preston
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30. Kathleen Ferrier with concert party performers, Hutton near Preston 1933 Kathleen Ferrier is seated at the piano at right. Kathleen Mary Ferrier was born on 22 April 1912 at Higher Walton near Preston. She died in London on 8 October 1953. During her short career she went from one triumph to another, received the adulation of her peers, of critics and of audiences all over the world and still maintained her natural charm, nobility, humility, humour and love for truth, people and life. Kathleenâs father was the village schoolmaster at Higher Walton. A good singer himself, he taught most of the music at the school. He later became a headmaster in Blackburn and the family moved there when Kathleen was two years old. Newspaper cutting courtesy of Blackburn with Darwen Council. Picture and information courtesy of Preston Digital Archive
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