The Moor Park Hotel, Preston, Lancashire 1945

An extract from the short film 'Down at the Local' (1945) showing activity at the Moor Park Hotel on Garstang Road, Preston. The film is part of the two disc set "Roll Out The Barrel - The British Pub on Film"
Available from the BFI Filmstore... filmstore.bfi.o...
Watch out for Harry Wilson, the singing Landlord!
Courtesy and copyright of the BFI National Archive ©

[@CaptainNow2]

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.

[@christinedandy7020]

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. ☺️

[@PNEKarl]

Superb! "A pint of mixed please"

[@MichaelJacksonspeaker]

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing!

[@ronaldpollard9098]

What a good singer.

[@DominicGrindrod]

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.

[@ryanhack8755]

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

[@laineylowe64]

Still going today 😊

[@mickhowarth5865]

Brilliant the landlord what a star

[@JohnCooper1]

Where's the rest of this film-and are there any more like this?

[@PrestonVisualArchive]

Glad you enjoyed it. Please visit our image collection Preston Digital Archive on Flickr

[@ChrisSmith-vw1zf]

Fxxk me Preston has hardly changed.

[@jappychap2003]

Two pints of mild and bitter! You don't hear that being asked for any more.

[@dischargesummary8794]

Solitary Piper my grandmother had a multi story salon opposite the church in church street...god bless her...

[@robertblakey3484]

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! :)

[@robertconnolly7114]

Wrong aspect ratio.

[@mccandjt]

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

[@ericellis3506]

Bah gum its gradley te bi bak

[@SwazersC]

Prestonians dont/didnt really use that phrase. Nor many Lancastrians. "Bah gum" was mostly used in Yorkshire.