Postcards first became popular in the Edwardian era and continued on into the 1960s, when skirts were short and wages high. Much new building occurred in Preston in the 1960s, and the unconformable mix of old and new is shown in these images...
Postcards first became popular in the Edwardian era and continued on into the 1960s, when skirts were short and wages high. Much new building occurred in Preston in the 1960s, and the unconformable mix of old and new is shown in these images.The new Preston bus station opened in 1969 and appeared on quite a few postcards. The Unicentre was also new at the time, it is the fourth tallest building in Preston. Construction began in 1967 and it was opened at about the same time as the bus station.
Other events in 1969 included the moon landing and Harold Wilson as Prime Minister. Unbelievably, a portion of fish and chips cost 25p, or about 2/6d. A manual worker earned around £9 a week, and average income had risen by 10 per cent since 1968.Fishergate in 1965, looking towards the town centre, with Guildhall Street on the right. The Minster tower dominates. Traffic is one way. Red tarmac was used to indicate that traffic was one directional.
St Georges Shopping Centre opened in 1964. The central part, shown above, was roofed over in 1981. Unlike Blackburn’s brutalist 1960s shopping centre, which was completely demolished and rebuilt, St George’s still survives. However, large vacancy rates and online shopping have put such centres under threat.The route gradually extended north to the Scottish border, and was widened again in the 1990s.As mentioned in a previous article, horse drawn milk deliveries continued on into the early 1970s.
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