See how Preston has changed over the intervening seven decades by checking out some of our very best retro archive pictures from the late 1950s.
5. West Cliff, Fishergate, Preston 1959 Houses on the east side of West Cliff, off Fishergate Hill. Built mid-19th century. These propertys faced the prospect of demolition in 1959 to make way for General Post Office sorting office, but are still standing.
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7. Photo Neil Cross Edwin Chesters, 77, held the British title for weight lifting in 1960 Preston Strength Team 1959
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8. Brookfield Housing Estate Shops, Preston 1959 Showing the premises of J.&J. Dilworth newsagent, Norman Theobald and Southworth's
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