Check out some of our very best archive pictures from those now-long gone days - they’re sure to have you reminiscing and indulging in a spot of nostalgia for some classic 1960s Preston.
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25. Preston North End returning from F.A. Cup Final defeat by West Ham. Taken 1964. From LEP archives.
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26. Preston Railway Station June 24, 1964 Brittania Class No. 70023 Venus standing at platform 4. Courtesy and copyright of Tony Gillett ©
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27. Demolition of the Prince's Theatre Preston 1964 The ground is being cleared to make way for the new Buckingham Bingo Hall and St. John's Shopping arcade. As a point of reference, the upper part of the Harris Library can be seen in the right background. The bulldozer is pulling on a chain threated through two holes cut into the masonary to demolish the end of the building. The Prince's Theatre was built by Henry Hemfey in 1882, It was initially called 'The New Gaiety Palace of Varieties'. Will Onda later took over the premises.
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28. Workmen hoist up a section of the new dome on to the roof of Moor Park observatory, in Preston, in February 1964
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