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.
21. Waverley Park Open Air Swimming Baths, Ribbleton, Preston 1958 The facility closed in 1979
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22. Coffin Cart, Preston September 11, 1958. This horse drawn coffin cart, kept since 1931 for sentimental reasons by Mr. John Titterington, Undertaker of Frank Street, Preston is to be broken up. He bought it in 1920 and until 1931 it was used for delivery of coffins to private houses. Then motor vehicles took it's place. Here it is making it's last journey - to the scrap yard.
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23. Friargate, Preston 1958 East side of Friargate prior to the alterations necessitated by the construction of the Ring Road which cut across this area. Parker Bros. fabric store is behind the lamp post.
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