BBC TV's Songs of Praise from the Central Methodist Church, Lune Street, Preston, will be screened in early April. A choir of 240 and a congregation of 400 drawn from the town centre churches joined at the church for filming while outside cameras filmed various aspects of Preston Photo: RETRO
After more than 30 years as a primary school teacher Mrs Marian Frake has taken early retirement from her post as head of the infants department at Broughton CofE Primary School, Preston. At a ceremony held at the school, headmaster Mr Alan Barker presented Mrs Frake with a wall clock and two suitcases on behalf of the school governors, past and present colleagues and pupils Photo: RETRO
It may be just a bit of old chestnut to most but a conker competition is serious business for Lancashire youngsters. Earnest seven-year-olds and nervous 11-year-olds gathered in the cold for the Post Conker Contest at the Guild Hall, Preston. Over 70 children entered the competition Photo: RETRO