preston 1924

Preston just as it was 100 years ago in 1924

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00:00Good morning, I'm Clare Lark, the Lancashire Post nostalgia writer.

00:04These cracking photos symbolise Preston as it was 100 years ago.

00:08They are all captured in the year 1924 and flash back to a time long ago

00:13when Preston was in its industrial days.

00:15The town's mills and factories were the lifeblood of the local economy,

00:18with many residents employed in cotton, spinning and weaving.

00:22Take a look at the photographs and see just how much our city has changed in a century.

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