Preston Guild has been held every 20 years for centuries. The 1862 Guild was the first to be photographed...
Preston Guild has been held every 20 years for centuries. The 1862 Guild was the first to be photographed. This was also an important year globally. The American Civil War was raging and the local textile industry was to be severely impacted.Photography was in its infancy and exposure times were long. Therefore, the photograph above was posed. That is why all the participants are looking at the camera, in a rather unnatural way.
For the 1862 Guild, two triumphal arches were built. One on London Road and another on Fishergate. Part of the celebration for the event was a trade procession, shown in the above image. The Borough Fire Brigade is prominent at the front. Preston’s original Fire Station was on Tithebarn Street. The Fire Station opened ten years before the Guild, in 1852. Unfortunately, the enlarged building was demolished in the 1960s. Fire brigades still used horses well into the 20th century.
Another 1862 event covered by the I.L.N. was the laying of the new Town Hall foundation stone. A crowd of 2,000 gathered in the market square to witness it. A block of ancient houses had been demolished, along with shops and inns. The first Town Hall had been situated over rows of butcher shops. These partly fell down in 1780 and were then renovated. It was this original hall that was demolished to make way for the 1862 building. The new Town Hall was designed by Gilbert Scott.
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