Streets bustled with workers, while families shopped in traditional markets and high street stores including Preston Industrical Co-operative Society. Entertainment revolved around cinemas like ...

In the late 1940s Preston reflected post-war Britain’s drive to rebuild and modernise. The town’s textile industry was the backbone of it economy and provided employment for many, with ...

Archive List > Books > Wartime memories of Preston near Hitchin by Rebecca Cook ... Cook conducted by Jenny Ford on behalf of Bedford Museum. “There was none of this trouble about healthy ...

“We are in difficult and painful times of war, marked by devastating ... The Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s Herta and Paul Amir building designed by Preston Scott Cohen. Photo by Michael Jacobs ...