...all the way to 1969.
From the first-ever Concorde test flight and 350,000 music fans attending Woodstock to the first man landing on the Moon, it was quite a year. Here’s what it looked like in Preston.
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![Ribble Bus at Tithebarn Street bus station, Preston April 20, 1969](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQwNTNiZTU0LTIwN2YtNDRlNC1hOGM3LThiN2Y3MWViOWNhMDo2NGRmMzk2Zi03NjdhLTQyNDYtOGRlZi0zZTAyN2RjZmE0ZWU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
9. Preston in 1969
Ribble Bus at Tithebarn Street bus station, Preston April 20, 1969Photo: n/a
![Lancaster Road (east side), Preston c. 1969
Ribble Bus Booking Office and Kenyons (pastry and confectioners). Area now occupied by the Guild Hall](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmYwYTc2Y2M1LTkwNDgtNDkwYi1iZDc1LTBkYzQ5NzRlNTFhMTowMzA2ZTNhNi1lZTI5LTRmNGYtYTRmOC05N2U2MzZhZmIwNGY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
10. Preston in 1969
Lancaster Road (east side), Preston c. 1969 Ribble Bus Booking Office and Kenyons (pastry and confectioners). Area now occupied by the Guild Hall Photo: PDA
![post past dock 1969 - High and dry because of Preston Dock strike is the Preston pilot "Saint Joan".Taking the opportunity of a spruce up and overhaul during her enforced redundancy at `Preston Dock old preston docks](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQ1ZjdiNDE3LWY2NGYtNDJhNy1hNTU4LTM3NTcyZWUwZjc5MTpjMjU5MzM2My1hMGU3LTQ1NWUtOTU1Mi0yZmI4MjY2OWE2MDM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
11. Preston in 1969
post past dock 1969 - High and dry because of Preston Dock strike is the Preston pilot "Saint Joan".Taking the opportunity of a spruce up and overhaul during her enforced redundancy at `Preston Dock old preston docksPhoto: Send in
![Pictured is the triumphal, mud-splattered, St. Joseph's Seniors Football Team, from 1969.](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmMyZmRhMTc1LTc0MzktNGMwNS04MWQxLWZkMjRiMTY0YTFkNzo0ZjVkZTMxMy1lNTIzLTQxZDAtYWFmYS04OTRlMTgzY2MzNjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
12. Preston in 1969
Pictured is the triumphal, mud-splattered, St. Joseph's Seniors Football Team, from 1969.Photo: Wilf Riley