Here are some of our very best retro archive pictures of Preston life back in the 1950s and 1960s.
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9. The Mayor at the Ford Showroom c.1950 Courtesy of Preston City Council www.preston.gov.uk/
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10. Preston Railway Station about 1950 Four pals on their way to he Isle of Man for a weeks holiday.From the left Brian Holmes Ken Bretherton ------ Bretherton and Percy Harrison.Ken Bretherton eventually became a funeral director in Leyland for many years his premises were in Dunkirk Lane which are still there under his name but now owned by the Coop Sent by Brian Maley Leyland 01772 433482
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11. Crew of the tug 'Musgrave' Preston Dock MUSGRAVE (1937-1966) Twin screw steam tug. Built 1897 by Scott and Sons, Bowling. Purchased from Belfast Harbour in 1937 for 2,000 GBP. Sold 1966 to TW Ward Ltd Preston for 730 GBP and broken up on the Ribble. Was for a time (1952) converted to a pilot barge and moored off Lytham Bill Taylor 4th. from left
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12. Preston Railway Station. 1966 No. 78041 at platform 5 with a parcels train from the north.
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