Now That's What I Call Preston

The sixties, seventies and eighties were decades of great change in Preston. This period saw major city centre redevelopment projects that dramatically affected its character. People’s shopping habits began to change as supermarkets took over from traditional stores and corner shops. Leisure habits were changing, too, and Preston saw an ever-increasing range of facilities. Transport also evolved, with a move away from the railway, creating a greater strain on the roads and the major new road schemes only compounded the changing face of this Lancashire city.These changes in people’s lifestyles were keenly felt in Preston and local author and historian Keith Johnson has captured them all in this fascinating portrayal of how the city and its people changed over the course of these most nostalgic decades.