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Mat Started conversation Dec 16, 2008
The UKs first KFC opened in Preston.
The UK's first motorway, the M6 had it's first section at Preston.
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Kenny Baker - diminutive actor of R2-D2 and Ewok fame is a resident of Preston.
Wild west legend Butch Cassidy - lived in the Fulwood area until his family moved to the US. Hard to imagine him with a Preston accent, I know. "Now then, put all t'money in t'bag and it'll be alreet."
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