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Frith photos prompt happy memories of our personal history, so enjoy this trip down memory lane with our old photos, historic maps, local history books, and memories of Preston. Refresh & enjoy your personal memories, or find some that family & friends will love as gifts.

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Old Photos of Preston
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Preston in 1960

Preston in 1894

Old Maps of Preston

Historic Maps of Preston and the local area.

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Map of Preston in 1896

Map of Preston in 1903

Map of Preston in 1924

Map of Preston in 1947

Map of Preston in 1892

Sheet Maps of Preston

Historic Folded Sheet Maps of Preston and the local area, matching current OS Landranger Sheet Maps.

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Books about Preston
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38 photo books on Preston and the surrounding area.

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Memories of Preston
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Bandstand

This was almost certainly a bandstand. There is a bandstand of the right shape marked near the bowling greens on the 1932 25" OS map, surveyed in 1929; this was not marked on the 1912 edition, surveyed 1910. A similar bandstand was built in Centre Vale Park, Todmorden in 1914, which is now listed, see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1467822 as the only known surviving example of this design. ...see more

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The Old Tram Bridge In Wartime

During WW2 as a young lad I lived in Ribblesdale Place and Avenham Colonnade and remember that the timber bridge decking was almost completely removed apart from a narrow walkway to hinder invading troop vehicles, After the war we used to visit a little timber shack next to the playing fields at the southern end of the bridge where Stanley Worden sold soft drinks and snacks. Seventy years on I still remember hot Vimto for 2d.!

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The Old Tram Bridge In Wartime

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