In this collection we take in the wider picture of change, not just in the city centre, but in the surrounding areas. There’s some surprising images that will transport you back to a time when life was less of a rush and much more simple. READ MORE: Turn back the clock on the streets of Preston. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: You know you’re from Preston if…. MORE MEMORIES: Old shops of Preston
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1. Old Preston
Setting up for the Preston Whitsuntide Fair at the covered market, taken in 1950. Note the young boy perched at the top of the carousel! Photo: Archive
2. Old Preston
In 1978, when this picture was taken, demolition contractors blasted a 2,000-ton coal-bunker in the disused gasworks at Lostock Hall, reducing the landmark to rubble in just three seconds Photo: Archive
3. Old Preston
Former Starkies Wire Works, on Cotton Court, off Church Street, Preston This large building was originally the premises of the Church Street Cotton Mill and then later occupied by James Starkie to expand his wire works business Photo: Archive
4. Old Preston
This road is totally unrecognisable to how it looks today - it's Penwortham Hill at the Leyland Road corner. The image was taken all the way back in 1932 Photo: Archive