Preston Street Scenes (1904)
A glimpse of life on the streets of Edwardian Preston.
Horse-drawn trams are the centre of attention in this glimpse of a busy Preston street. A boy dashes fearlessly across in front of one such vehicle, while other travellers weave around the thoroughfare. These include a gent riding a horse, and numerous cyclists - one of whom, a priest, could be a dead ringer for GK Chesterton's fictional amateur detective Father Brown.
Note; The film may have been staged for camera. The trams are empty and there are an unusual number of horses pulling the trams and being led. Some horses also wear horse brasses.