And so, in honour of the venue, we’ve put together a collection of our best archive pictures of merrymakers at Yates’s down the decades.
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![Enjoying the Millennium fun in Yates' s jWine Lodge, Preston, are this group of revellers from Ashton](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjMyMmUwZDQ4LTU2YTQtNDdjOS1iNTUwLThjODM5N2RjZTk4Mzo2ZDUyN2VlMS1jZTE5LTQ1NzAtOTI1Mi1hM2ZiZWJiODA4ODQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
1. Preston's Yates's
Enjoying the Millennium fun in Yates' s jWine Lodge, Preston, are this group of revellers from AshtonPhoto: RETRO
![Andy Palmer, landlord of Yates's Wine Lodge, Preston, which has lowered its prices for bitter and lager saving drinkers approximately fifty pence - anyone remember this?](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI3ODVkMDM5LTVkZTktNGQzYS04NzEzLTliN2MzOTA5MWVkMDo4MDMwOTU1MS1iNzI0LTRjM2UtOGY1OC1hM2FjMzliZGIzMWI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
2. Preston's Yates's
Andy Palmer, landlord of Yates's Wine Lodge, Preston, which has lowered its prices for bitter and lager saving drinkers approximately fifty pence - anyone remember this?Photo: RETRO
![The Mayor and Mayoress of Preston, Coun. Joe and Enid Hood, and Davina Dickson from Yates's Wine Lodge, celebrate the pub chain's 144th birthday party in Preston](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc1NDkwY2NiLTQ1NjUtNDFhNy1iYzU5LTRkNGMxYzdkNGU4MjoxOThmNDAyYy0yNGJkLTQzOTYtYTk3MS0wYTMxNWZiYWFiM2E=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
3. Preston's Yates's
The Mayor and Mayoress of Preston, Coun. Joe and Enid Hood, and Davina Dickson from Yates's Wine Lodge, celebrate the pub chain's 144th birthday party in PrestonPhoto: RETRO
![Best of friends enjoying their night out at Yates's Wine Lodge in Preston](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIwOWU0NmVhLTFkOTktNDcwOS04MTNlLWNjOTY3NDY1ZTkyYjo5MzAxZmQ2Ni1mNTg5LTQ4ODktOWQ1Yy02YjI1Njg3NmExZDY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
4. Preston Yates's
Best of friends enjoying their night out at Yates's Wine Lodge in PrestonPhoto: RETRO