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Still going today 😊

There is no way these clips are from 1999. The cars look like they’re from the 60s

its actually spelled gild. not guild.

My great-grandparents generation and possibly their parents Amazing stuff

I was born three years later. I went to the 2012 Preston Guild with my grandparents. One of the best memories I had with them.

This is incredible. My family have lived in Preston for a long time, over 300 years at-least. At this time in Preston history, my great-grandfather’s probably drank at this pub haha. Nice look at a near past.

My father captained several vessels from this company, finishing with the Bardic Ferry.

Great video. So much more interesting that what it is now.... Lot's of memories in the docks too

Awesome, love the cup tie the Scot and the top hat guy were hilarious, reminded me of Laurel and Hardy, probably an influence at the time.

My grandparents ran the terminal cafe on ASN/TFS felixstowe docks 1960s/70s.would be great if anyone has any memories of it.

Incredible film. Unbelievable to see big ships still docking there when it was a wasteland, before any developers took over.

My first Job aged all of 15 was a Galley Boy on T.F.S. M.V. DORIC FERRY, on the Felixtowe - Europoort - Zeebrugge Run. It certainly set Me up for an interesting Life and while it had its challenges I loved every minute. They were grand Ships and 'Europic' then the Flagship even served in the Falklands !

Thanks for this history lesson. I've only lived in Preston for nearly 3 years and always thought that the now pub looked unoriginal with its odd shaped walls from the back.

Fxxk me Preston has hardly changed.

Brilliant the landlord what a star

Precious footage.

The Public Hall was demolished in 1986, not 1999 as the video title suggests, leaving only the front elevation of which is now a pub and has been for some years. The organ was dismantled by Nicholson's and put into storage and has since been used, albeit not in its entirety, in a new organ in Edinburgh.

Saul St baths wow.

Used this ferry many times .I was sad to see it finish .and so close to the M6 .

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing!

Wrong aspect ratio.

The last pint I ever had with my Dad was in that pub in 2018, he passed away just before Christmas of the same year.

This footage is just gold dust. It is so nice to hear proper Lancashire accents and to be able to see how things used to be, such great community spirit and everyone wearing a smile. The Landlord is a star! It makes me feel homesick and wistful for the good old days. Thank you for sharing. ☺️

Better than the last guild

Wonderful footage x so many memories xx i remember those times x my mum remembers when it was a working dock with banana boats arriving from aboard,x

I sang with several school choirs + full symphony orchestra about 1958 at the public Hall. I also watched the Beatles on their first UK tour. Learnt to swim at Saul st Baths. Ah, old memories.

The Public Hall had a superb giant of an organ, donated by a Preston businessman. Alas, it was not maintained and allowed to become derelict and unplayable. I worked for over 12 years in the building that stood on the site of Saul Street Baths. I remember the baths used to have a floor covering the main plunge in winter and concerts would be held.

Educational.

I was 5 years old and present at the 1952 Guild, l rode in a horse and cart With the church Sunday school. I played around the docks many times.

Just think the baby is about 34 years old now... What a wonderful video & hard to imagine the new modern Docklands was once so barren... A windy dreary & somewhat miserable image but in a funny way it is so amazingly nostalgically beautiful.

Bah gum its gradley te bi bak

I'm from Preston. I go to school in Moor Park

I wonder if my ancestors are in this...the people look so respectable & dressed well....

I think I may have been there as a child

Look at those thick layers of clothing. Not much heat in the place, I imagine. If they had served suchi back then, they wouldn't have needed a fridge for storage! :)

What happened to the pipe organ?

Still looks exactly to same from the outside. Love the proper Preston accent. Its ashame it's now gone

The Beatles performed live here twice in Oct 1962 and May 1963

It's the eyesores in church street that need demolishing, not beautiful buildings like these.

where did the organ go?

The beginning where jack tells how he loaded china clay into the hopper at the top of the clay sheds brings back memories, as kids we used to play in the china clay sheds, under the hopper were railway type wagons running on rails which accepted the clay and would then be pushed along the rails to different bays, they would then open the bottom and the clay would empty out into the bay, we were playing in there one sunday afternoon and i was hanging and dropping from the rails into the piles of clay below, i happened to hang over a bay which was empty so it was too high to drop, i began to handwalk along the tracks when my mate pushed a wagon along the tracks and it ran over my fingers on both hands, it must have weighed at least half a ton, my fingers were flattened.

Don't suppose you have any clips of Brook st in Preston pre demolition do you? Please. My childhood was spent playing on the wreck playing field at the back of my grandmothers house, Oh happy days.

Many fond memories of Mr Ryding making his films, we lived opposite for many years

Here is a catalogue of links to footage of Preston over time`: www.prestoncares.co.uk/photo-albums/preston-on-film

Priceless memories. Thank you Jack.

I love it! I learnt to swim at Brinscall baths but spent my early teen years in Saul Street baths. Thanks for the memories.

Superb! "A pint of mixed please"

Nelson bouy in the main dock basin

I used to sing every year in the Christmas schools choir service in the 60s. Then in the early 70s saw David Bowie perform here ,wonderful memories

fantastic commentary from you mate