And so, in honour of the venue, we’ve put together a collection of our best archive pictures of merrymakers at Yates’s down the decades.
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6. Preston's Yates's
Yates's Wine Lodge in Preston was always a very popular and busy pub Photo: RETRO
7. Preston Yates's
Who can remember when the exterior of Yates's looked like this? Photo: RETRO
8. Preston's Yates's
This trio of high-flying (or low hanging) barmen from Yates's Wine Lodge were putting in a little free fall practice before their official charity parachute drop from 2,500 feet. But it seems the men - George Turberfield, 19, Craig Griffith, 23, and Stuart Swindle, 21 - need to work on their landing before the big jump, which was planned to raise money for underprivileged children Photo: RETRO