Take a look at a few of our best archive pictures of life in Chorley back in the late ‘80s...
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5. Chorley in the late '80s
Fun and games were the order of the day for youngsters and adults alike at The Hawthorne's in Chorley as they held their fifth annual It's a Knockout contest. Children from the town's Duke Street Nursery School and the Simpson Centre at Blackburn competed against Hawthorne's kiddies in a variety of games Photo: RETRO
6. Chorley in the late '80s
These campaigners turned out in force to raise their voices over the future of hospital development in Chorley Photo: RETRO
7. Chorley in the late '80s
Fun and games were the order of the day for youngsters and adults alike at The Hawthorne's in Chorley as they held their fifth annual It's a Knockout contest. Children from the town's Duke Street Nursery School and the Simpson Centre at Blackburn competed against Hawthorne's kiddies in a variety of games Photo: RETRO
8. Chorley in the late '80s
Santa Claus thought he was seeing double when he popped along to a church hall party. For there before his eyes were 18 sets of twins. But a magician entertaining more than 40 youngsters at Lyons Lane Church Hall in Chorley had not cast a spell - Santa had walked in on the Chorley and Leyland Twins Club Christmas party Photo: RETRO