Preston, Lancashire after 1948, Preston became home to a significant number of Asian and Caribbean Commonwealth immigrants, who mostly worked in the manufacturing industry. However, an economic decline hit the town once again in the 1970s, capped by the closure of the Courtaulds factory in 1979 (nearly 3,000 job losses) and the decline of the docks on the River Ribble, which finally closed in 1981. Mass unemployment was firmly back in Preston by the early 1980s, although it was now very much a national crisis due to the recession of that time. The rehousing of families from town centre slums to new
Preston Corbell Preston Corbell Preston Michael Corbell was born in Dallas, Texas and is an American actor, filmmaker, writer. His most notable role is the voice of the robot Casey on the children's themed web series "The Casey Files" released in May 2017 on Amazon Prime Video. Beginning his film career in Wilmington, North Carolina, he worked as a stand-in and photo double for Chad Michael Murray as well as the role of a recurring student on the CW's "One Tree Hill". His most notable role was scientist John Casey in the popular sci-fi web series IQ-145 alongside Thomas Dekker, Paul Johansson,