A virtual stroll around Preston in 1988

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT

We've decided to take a virtual stroll around Preston in 1988.

When Waterstones was a restaurant and Miller Arcade was home to a Menzies and a Euroclean.

Friargate, west side, Preston. May 1988.
Image kindly provided by Paul Swarbrick and Gillian Lawson of the Preston Historical Society. www.prestonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/ — Friargate, west side, Preston. May 1988. Image kindly provided by Paul Swarbrick and Gillian Lawson of the Preston Historical Society. www.prestonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/

placeholder image — Friargate, west side, Preston. May 1988. Image kindly provided by Paul Swarbrick and Gillian Lawson of the Preston Historical Society. www.prestonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/

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