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

[Jack Daniels]

One of the best things ever posted on here


Wonderful and sad in equal measure, sad as in knowing that all will be now 6 feet under.

 

[Took My Heart]

I may be way off the mark here, but looking at the different outfits it seems everyone was in their 'best' for a day on the park and it looks like a happy mingling of the social classes of Preston.

I love the image of the women skipping with their blokes swinging the rope.

 

[jakehake]

One of the best things ever posted on here


Wonderful and sad in equal measure, sad as in knowing that all will be now 6 feet under.

I reckon a few on here were still trying to see if they could spot themselves

 

[Meldrew's Ghost]

I reckon a few on here were still trying to see if they could spot themselves

I just saw myself at c.0.30 😮🤣🤣🤣👻👻👻

 

[jakehake]

In fairness it’s what Edgys garden parties still look like now

 

[cpnend]

What most people don’t recognise is what they thought was hat waving was actually a form of semaphore which reads “ Don’t mention the bloody hat trick”

 

[wld]

The thing that strikes me is many of us will, unknowingly, have relations on that clip.

I love social history and I hope that when The Harris reopens there will be scope for a lot more varied social history exhibitions.

 

[Henrys Cat]

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

I was thinking similar. I find it very thought provoking that all of us are simply passing through, and much quicker than we'd like. We've just watched Swarms of people enjoying themselves in a Preston park in that clip and every single one of them would now have been dead for many years. Many perishing in the two World Wars. Enjoy every moment you're here, its merely a blip in time and we're lucky that our time is now.

 

[Soapy]

Love this sort of stuff.
The guy who invented the Vuvuzela on there at 53 seconds too.