Preston the Postcard CollectionPaperback, 15 September 2019

The Lancashire market town of Preston boomed during the Industrial Revolution to become a major textile manufacturing center. The population soared as families came to work in the cotton mills and the town spread rapidly. New housing, churches, and civic buildings were constructed, and industries such as engineering clustered in the town. The downturn in textile manufacturing in the 20th century hit Preston although alleviated by the other industries and in common with many towns and cities in the country regeneration in the postwar decades entailed the loss of a significant part of the old and familiar fabric of Preston, or its redevelopment into different uses. In Preston The Postcard Collection the author has drawn on a remarkable selection of old postcards to give a pictorial record of life in Preston in the past. Although much of historical Preston has changed, many landmarks have remained and will be familiar today. The postcards show the changes to Preston's fabric and its community adapting and changing over the years. This fascinating collection of images will be of interest to those who have lived in Preston or know it well.