From Fishergate to Avenham Park and the Flag Market, the city is full of famous local landmarks which are as well-known as they are beloved by locals. With that in mind, take a look at some of our best retro archive pictures of the city’s standout places from down the decades...
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6. Proud Prestonians lined rain-splashed streets to witness one of the most spectacular moments in the town's history. And just as umbrellas were bring unfurled all over Fishergate, the rain magically ceased almost as soon as the Festival 800 procession was about to begin. Troops of the The Queen's Lancashire Regiment 4th Volunteer Battalion line up for the arrival of civic dignitaries and the Regalia party
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7. Pamela Kelt and Muireall Kelt on the picket lines outside the Fishergate offices of the Lancashire Evening Post. Pamela was a trainee journalist with the Southport Visitor and mum Muireall the Women's Editor for the Lancashire Evening Post
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8. Young invaders tookover the store at Owen Owens, Fishergate, Preston, to show of their own fashions. The junior fashion models were displaying the autumn range of clothes by Ladybird. Only instead of a catwalk they used the whole store as their stage - groups of them mixing and mingling with the shoppers
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