This time many of the photos show the area and shops around St George's Shopping Centre - a time before and after it was pedestrianised in 1992. So many of the shops you see here have now disappeared from high streets all over the country. Most striking however, is how busy the area looked. We will be featuring more images from shopping areas in and around Preston - do you have any memories you would like to share with us? Email [email protected] READ MORE: A first look down Friargate's memory lane. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Church Street - another once popular shopping area
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The Harris Museum and Art Gallery can be seen towering over the street scene below in this picture of Friargate
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This picture was taken to show off the full scope of the pedestrianisation of Friargate, as it was entered into the British Association of Landscape Industries National Landscape Awards 1992 under the 'predominantly hard landscape construction category' for the work done by William Pye & Ltd
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This row of shops is longer standing, bulldozed as St George's Shopping Centre built new fronts and installed a striking building on the corner, which has since housed a pub and a Chinese restaurant