And, while it may seem scarcely believable that those days are now some 60 years in the rear-view mirror, the sights, sounds, and feel of the early 1960s will still be a familiar one to many a reader.
With that in mind, we’ve put together a retro archive picture collection of all our very vest images of Preston life - encompassing everything from workers on the docks to schools and pubs - for you to peruse.
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1. Lancaster Road & Walker Street, Preston 1962 Looking south along Lancaster Road at the junction with Walker Street. The only building that survives today is the former Co-operative store whose tower can be seen in the left distance. Copyright Lancashire County Library and Information Service. www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/
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2. Avenham Park, Preston. Easter 1962. Photographed by N Keith Scott c.1962 © N Keith Scott 2015 Reproduced by kind permission of Tarquin Scott and the Preston Past and Present Facebook Group. More information about Mr. N.K. Scott and his personal sketches see Travels With An Architect (2012) ISBN 978-0-9534156-1-8 available at www.archims.co.uk
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3. Were you one of this group of children looking forward to an ice cream? They were gathering around an ice cream van in Hammond Street, Preston, in 1962. Picture courtesy of Lynn Rankin of the Preston Past and Present Facebook Group and Preston Digital Archive. Please send your images to [email protected]
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4. Goss Printing Presses, Preston. 1962 A view of the partly completed west wall, August 1962. Taken from the corner of Greenbank Street and Hawkins Street.
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