Keith Johnson

Broadgate near Penwortham Bridge where the girl was waliking

Preston teen thief spotted by victim after stealing shoes and cash

The stranger at the Unicorn Inn aroused suspicions

Woman disappeared in Preston after drowning her new-born baby

The pawnshop is question

A shocking robbery from yesteryear in Preston

The ‘Lady Of The Lake’ steamer launched on Windermere in 1845

Man jailed after Preston pub row led to two men being stabbed

Ingham was arrested on Church Street not far from his lodgings

11th hour alibi given at trial saves Preston man from raid conviction

Inside Addison’s bar in Preston circa 1930

How one of Britain's best loved pub chains was made in Preston

The young acrobats had lodgings on Lancaster Road

Preston acrobat guilty of beating his young trainee with a rope

Bennetts on Lune Street had gold rings stolen

Preston ring thief jailed for six months with hard labour

The plucky constable dragged the body to shore

Preston couple help rescue woman but her husband drowns in Blackpool

Father Christmas at Co-op in Preston in 1976

Christmas in Preston during the 1960s and 1970s

Hawes Junction railway crash of Christmas Eve, 1910

Double tragedy casts shadow over Christmas

Church Steet was a busy shopping area in the 1920s

Girl killed in Preston after lorry engine exploded on Christmas Eve in yesteryea...

Miss Thompson stole from a Temperance Hotel on Fishergate

Woman turned to theft in Preston after leg break halted stage career

The couple joined the crowds flocking to the Theatre Royal

Married man arrested in Preston and jailed for the seduction of 16-year-old girl

The Military Barracks, scene of the tragedy

Practical joke backfired when Preston soldier killed by rifle shot that fracture...

A purse lost on Blackpool Sands led to court

Lost cheque found on Blackpool beach lands a Preston couple in hot water
Local historian Keith Johnson looks back at a beach theft that saw a couple jailed a year later...
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Preston pub thug kicked officer in his stomach while resisting arrest

Unveiling ceremony for Preston War Memorial on June 13, 1926

How Preston's war memorials were created

Rat catchers display their catch

Rat catchers of Lancashire who killed thousands

The Berry Lane crossing by the Longridge Station

Drowining of worker whose screams were heard from Preston milll

Lord Street, Souhport, where Humber worked as a bank clerk

Hunting trip ends in drowning tragedy for former Preston mayor’s son

The Right Honourable George Denman

Preston man killed woman with kick in row over dog ownership in this shocking ca...

Helen Lemmens-Sherrington

Forgotten Preston superstar who wowed Europe

The accused acted suspiciously in the Market Place

Light-fingered sisters jailed for stealing meat from butcher

Properties on Deepdale Road were ransacked

Preston councillor caught crook red-handed and locked him in shed

An Avenham Road burglary led to court

12 months’ jail for Preston teenager who raided painter’s home

Mr Sykes was robbed near the Corporation Arms

‘Starving’ Preston teen girl robbed cap maker of gold sovereigns
Local historian Keith Johnson looks back at a street robbery that led to tragic consequences for the mother of the culprit...
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Ellison was taken to the Lock Up down Turks Head Yard

Severe whipping and jail for Preston teenager who stole clothes in raid

Not all Valentine cards were so happily received

Valentine’s Day marred by yobs who end up in the dock

Day trippers heading off to Blackpool in a charabanc

How Preston made it to the seaside in the olden days

The Rialto Cinema became the Deaf Welfare Centre pictured circa 1990

Preston teeanger killed by electric shock while delivering coal

The Post Office operated from Fishergate in 1870

Light-fingered Post Office clerk in Preston caught in sting operation

Newspaper boys were becoming a familiar sight in the late 19th century

Two Preston boys stole newspapers and journals described as ‘deplorable’

A bustling North Road circa 1910 where Sarah Magee dropped dead

Preston woman collapsed and died after being targeted in robbery

Blazing cotton mills were all too common

Preston labourer killed after falling 60ft from a burnt-out mill

Newsham Hall where the alarm was raised

Preston man shot and wife attacked in shocking night-time raid

There was a mysterious death at Woodplumpton

Preston woman, 80, refused to reveal how she received fatal burns

The killer walked into the Stanley Street Police Station

Preston man, 58, died in custody after killing two men with hammer

Lune Street where Ashcroft worked was a busy throughfare

Preston clerk enjoyed high life after stealing £748 from employer

Whit Fair on the Flag Market, in Preston, in the early 1920s

When travelling showmen rolled into Preston

Farmers and their horse and cart were a common sight

Five men hanged after horses stabbed in Preston attempted robbery

Stagecoach days of the 1820s were fraught with danger

Two killed when Preston stagecoach overturned at bend in road

William Calcraft despatched the killer into eternity

Missing watch key evidence that saw murderer executed in Preston

Outgoing Mayor Herbert Rhodes hands the staff of office to William Beckett in November, 1946. Also present are past mayor Alderman Margaret Pimblett and at far left, the Town Clerk, W Lockley

History of town hall elections in Preston

Cotton operatives at Moon’s Mill, Higher Walton

Arson charges dropped against Preston watchman after cotton mill fires

Preston North End team of 1961 which was the last time the club featured in the English top flight

Day Preston North End fell out of the big time

Newspaper in hot water over description of row involving Preston rector’s wife

The Corporation Arms where the pig was held

Missing pig case in Preston resolved when identical animal found

Longridge police station on Derby Road

Lancashire man murders two women before turning gun on himself

There was plenty of rough and tumble in the early days of rugby

Preston rugby player, 23, collapsed and died from ‘natural causes’

The Preston Gymnastic Club proved popular

Preston magistrate reprimands officer in case of stolen diamond ring

Blundell had been drinking at the Ship Inn Freckleton

Brother hit labourer three times in head with an axe in Freckleton

Cross Street where the handbag thief struck

AWOL Preston serviceman jailed after targeting women in robberies

George Formby with his personalised Rolls Royce cars at his home

Remembering George Formby who died 60 years ago today

Levy operated his money lending business from a Winckley Square premises

Man who ‘borrowed’ cash from his employer acquitted of theft