The influx of students to both the new Lancaster University and St Martin’s College in 1964 certainly boosted Lancaster’s younger population and became an important source of
employment at a time when the city’s more traditional industries and factories began to decline.
Tower blocks were seen on the Lancaster horizon for the first time in the Sixties, not only on the university and college campuses but also in Skerton.
And although plans for an inner relief road to the east of the city centre never materialised, Lancaster was one of the first cities to see a stretch of motorway in 1960.
We are grateful to Andrew Reilly and Lancaster Past & Present for these photographs of Lancaster city centre in the Sixties.
If any of these pictures stir memories for you, please get in touch.
1. Lancaster in sixties
A busy Penny Street in the 1960s, prior to pedestrianisation. Photo courtesy of Andrew Reilly, Lancaster Past & Present. Photo: Andrew Reilly, Lancaster Past & Present
2. Lancaster in the sixties
A view of Cheapside in the Sixties, courtesy of the North West Film Archive. Photo: North West Film Archive
3. Lancaster in the sixties
Aldcliffe Road has changed quite a lot since this photo was taken in the Sixties. Copyright Graham Hibbert. Photo: Graham Hibbert
4. Lancaster in the sixties
Do you remember any of the shops which lined Great John Street in the Sixties. Photo courtesy of Andrew Reilly, Lancaster Past and Present. Photo: Andrew Reilly, Lancaster Past and Present.