Plenty has changed about the city over the intervening seven decades or so and these brilliant scenes take a trip down memory lane to explore Preston as it once was. You will recognise many of then, even though it was so long ago.
21. Junction of Ripon Street & Garstang Road, Preston c. 1950 Click Here for a recent street view.
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22. Lord Street Preston c.1968 Photograph by Beth Hayes (P.H.S.) Image courtesy of the Preston Historical Society. www.prestonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/ © Preston Historical Society.
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23. Maybe this picture will evoke memories of travelling by steam train in the 1960s? The image was taken in 1966 and shows a steam train (Ivatt 2-6-0 No. 75050) standing at platform 6 (now renumbered 4) of Preston Railway station with a train to the south. Picture courtesy of Preston Digital Archive.
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24. Police Investigation vicinity of Brook Street and Victoria Street, Preston c.1968 Photographed by Terry Martin. Image courtesy of Nicola Martin of the Preston Past and Present Facebook Group.
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