WERE you in Preston watching the 1992 Guild celebrations? Do you remember dressing up for the 50th anniversary of VE day? Do you live, work or shop in the town? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, then you could be part of a unique exhibition.

Preston and Its People is the work of photographer Marjorie Amriding who has been capturing local history on film for 30 years.

To celebrate the millennium, she has selected hundreds of images from her collection of thousands to go on show at the Harris Museum next week. Included in the display will be many shots that have never before been seen in public. Photos of the pot fairs, the maritime festival, the Freedom of the Borough march in 1992, and many local buildings and factories that have since been demolished. Also included is a photograph of the Remembrance Sunday parade, pictured here.

Marjorie, who clearly loves her home town with a passion, said: "I covered the public hall as it was coming down. That caused me a lot of sorrow, that and St Mary's Church in Friargate, when that came down.

"But my special day is Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph, I find that tremendously moving." Marjorie is a regular at most public and civic ceremonies, and something of a professional gatecrasher, indeed she has attended so many official functions that the powers that be have even started sending her invitations.

She said: "No one ever asks me where I am going, I must have one of those innocent faces."

But she has not always been a photographer, Marjorie of Ribbleton, began her working life as a weaver for Horrockses, and has worked as a kitchen assistant at Mount Street Hospital, Deepdale Hospital and the Royal Preston Hospital until her retirement a few years ago.

Her work has been beautifully framed by the work place therapy division of the Guild Community Trust under the direction of technical instructor Terry Lomas.

It will be on show in the Community Gallery of the Harris, from September 28 until October 9, Monday to Saturday, 10am-5pm.