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It's like a different world... long-lost collection of 34 retro pictures of Preston in the 1950s & 1960s

By Jack Marshall

Published 27th Jun 2024, 12:29 BST

Transport yourself some 70 years into the past.

Here are some of our very best retro archive pictures of Preston life back in the 1950s and 1960s.

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33. Traffic control box at the junction of Lancaster Road and Church Street, Preston, March 8, 1969.

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34. This picture ofÂ Preston Docks in 1969 show dock workers Billy Craig, Jack Ryding, Dick Taylor and Clifford Stevenson. Picture courtesy of Preston Digital Archive. Â

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