Iconic images of the City of Preston - past & present.

[europne]

Railway Station 1939

Which station??

The Southport one it looks like.

 

[222Mark]

Railway Station 1939

Which station??

The Southport one it looks like.

Deffo not preston.

 

[raefil]

Deffo not preston.

It is indeed Preston

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/preston_west_lancashire/

 

[222Mark]

It is indeed Preston

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/preston_west_lancashire/

Oops wrong..........again

 

[Ando60]

It is indeed Preston

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/preston_west_lancashire/

Great find that Phil....

Good read.

 

[europne]

It is indeed Preston

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/preston_west_lancashire/

Thank you.

It's the old Southport line.

And what used to be the bus stop at the bottom of Fishergate Hill, known as "Silcocks".

 

[FredElseFlyer]

Thank you.

It's the old Southport line.

And what used to be the bus stop at the bottom of Fishergate Hill, known as "Silcocks".

^^This
Remember scrambling over the wall in the '60's and everything was still there, booking office, platforms, canopies and even WH Smiths type shop.
A complete timewarp. Sadly it was all pulled down not long after.
I think it was called Preston West Lancashire station at one time and Fishergate Hill at another.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Which station??

The Southport one it looks like.

It looks like summer too, judging by the trees....strange to think that the start of World War Two would probably have been just days away when that pic was taken.

 

[daddyman16]

Preston England Skyline #25 by Michael Tompsett

Preston England Skyline #25 Digital Art by Michael Tompsett

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Any idea what building that looks like a burger with windows is, and the building that looks like a UFO?
I don't recognise them, but think it's a cool t-shirt design.

 

[jakehake]

Preston England Skyline #25 by Michael Tompsett

Preston England Skyline #25 Digital Art by Michael Tompsett

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Any idea what building that looks like a burger with windows is, and the building that looks like a UFO?
I don't recognise them, but think it's a cool t-shirt design.

Wasn't this on the flags thread when we did the skyline,, th eburger is the UCLAN library maybe and the UFO Guild hall? Assuming these are the buildings (I didn't know about the UCLAN library either)

 

[Jack Daniels]

Preston England Skyline #25 by Michael Tompsett

Preston England Skyline #25 Digital Art by Michael Tompsett

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Any idea what building that looks like a burger with windows is, and the building that looks like a UFO?
I don't recognise them, but think it's a cool t-shirt design.

1 - McDonalds.
2 - NASA have taken over the Moor Park Observatory.

😂

3 - I don't know the answer to your questions.

 

[daddyman16]

1 - McDonalds.
2 - NASA have taken over the Moor Park Observatory.

😂

3 - I don't know the answer to your questions.

I didn't think a cat was going to know the answer anyway 🤣

 

[daddyman16]

Wasn't this on the flags thread when we did the skyline,, th eburger is the UCLAN library maybe and the UFO Guild hall? Assuming these are the buildings (I didn't know about the UCLAN library either)

View attachment 8099

Ah right, that's probably them. This skyline is badly missing the bus station and the stadium.

 

[pnewortham]

Looks like a lovely, cosmopolitan place to live.

Anyone know where it is?

 

[justinr73]

 

[Took My Heart]

Saw that on Twitter earlier this evening. Quite beautiful isn't it?

 

[Flippin_lump]

Nobody's holding a smartphone pouting 😱

 

[northender0602]

Amazing to see, not one person in that clip will be alive today. Makes you wonder how many perished in WW 1☹️

 

[Took My Heart]

Amazing to see, not one person in that clip will be alive today. Makes you wonder how many perished in WW 1☹️

That's quite poignant when you see all those young lads smiling and waving without a care in the world and how things would change for them.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Nobody's holding a smartphone pouting 😱

No, though they were probably doing whatever the equivalent of that was in that era - showing off a new bonnet or something.