Preston in 1960, and many Victorian mills are still in use. The local corner shop is a focal point and supermarkets are beginning to appear. N Keith Scott has a roll of the latest colour film and begins to record life in early post-war Preston...
Preston in 1960, and many Victorian mills are still in use. Avenham Street mill dominates the area, but is now a car park. However, the brick building, further up the street survives, as an Italian restaurant.The local corner shop is still a focal point and supermarkets are just beginning to appear.
The sets were very expensive and prone to breakdowns. Valves were used and were probably made by Mullards in Blackburn, as was the picture tube . BBC2 came along in 1964, although you would have needed a new TV and aerial to pick up the then high definition 625 line service. Colour broadcasts began in June 1967, however, only on BBC2, until November 1969. For Christmas 1969, BBC 1 and ITV burst into colour.Leighton Street mill in 1960 Pic: N Keith Scott
Donkey stones were a kind of soft stone block. The variously coloured stones were rubbed on damp steps, to create a decorative edge. This was a northern tradition that was already dying out in the 1960s. The last donkey stones were made in 1979. Finally the mill engine is running flat out creating clouds of black smoke.
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