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
East Preston F.C. in the early 2000s and a 50-seat stand built during the 2002–03 season. East Preston F.C. East Preston Football Club is a football club based in East Preston, near Littlehampton, West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Lashmar. The original East Preston Football Club was established in 1947, but folded within a decade. A new club was formed in 1966 and joined the Worthing & District League. They moved up to the West Sussex League in 1968, going on to win the league's Premier Division in 1977–78 and then three consecutive titles between 1980–81