Community Rail Lancashire, working in partnership with Billy Burton, an A Level student at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, the Lancashire Archive & Local History, Avanti West Coast and Peter Fitton, are producing a history poster for Preston station.
Preston Railway Station, illustration taken from ‘A History of Preston’ by Anthony Hewitson – photo courtesy Lancashire Archive & Local History
The text for the poster has been written by Billy and can be downloaded on this link: History of Preston Station.
Billy has also recorded an audio version of the text and this can be heard by clicking here: Audio version of Preston station history.m4a or by clicking on the audio bar below.
Preston Pals, Railway Station, Preston 1914 – photo courtesy Lancashire Archive & Local History
Preston Station entrance – photo courtesy Simon Clarke
Below are a series of photographs taken by Peter Fitton, a local photographer, and under copyright but used here with his permission, that will shortly be appearing on a history poster that will be displayed in the waiting room on Platforms 3/4 at Preston station.
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- Blackpool shedded Class 5 44926 with the 12.22 Blackpool Central to Liverpool Exchange service in Platform 9 (old numbering) on 3rd January 1964 – Peter Fitton
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- 46238 on 5.50pm Perth at Preston on 25th March 1964 – Peter Fitton
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- 45394 at Preston on Wigan local – 11th July 1964 – Peter Fitton
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- 42558 on Southport train at Preston ELS 26 July 1964 – Peter Fitton
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- 46115 on 06.30 all stations Carlisle-Crewe 2K82 at Preston on 26th Sept 1964 – Peter Fitton
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- 44709 on Blackpool -Windermere at Preston ELS 28 July 1967 – Peter Fitton
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- 23rd August 1972 – Preston Sta looking forward to electrification – Peter Fitton
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- 90022 arr at Preston on 27th June 1991 – Poole-Glasgow – Peter Fitton
