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.
13. Former Commanding Officer of Prestonâs Loyal (North Lancashire) RegimentJohn Winn being awarded the Ahli Mangku Negara by the King of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur in 1959.
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14. Percy Penguin's travels Percy Penguin is gratified by the arrival of the 4.25pm Blackpool North - Rochdale [via Heywood] at Preston's platform7 in February 1959. One last pathetic offering from the idiot hand of 70023venus .... absolutely no more, there will be no more, honestly !!!
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15. Lancashire Evening Post's Kiosk, Fishergate, Preston. August 6, 1959 Shoppers eager for news queue outside the LEP kiosk for the first edition published after the printers dispute.
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16. Enclosing a photo of St Michael's and All Angels, Ashton, Preston, Scout Camp at Scorton in 1954. Left standing Eric Botham, Brian (do not know, me kneeling, cutting the hair of Stan Sharples. These three boys grew up together and were boyfriends of mine. I married Eric Botham as he asked me to write to him when he went into the Army. We did our courting by letter when he was in Malaga. We married in 1959 and will celebrate St Michael's School, not bad going. Pat Botham, Ashton-on-Ribble
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