These brilliant pictures will give you a feel for what things looked like back in those heady days with our best archive pictures of Preston in the mid-1970s.
See if you recognise any familiar faces or scenes..
Lancashire Retro: Astonishing pictures of Fulwood through the ages from sports and schools to beauty pageants
5. Conker Contest takes place at Market Square, Preston September 25th 1976.
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6. Forget Lapland and reindeer this year for Father Christmas is tucked away in Preston's Sherwood Forest. Santa is cheerier than ever beside Robin Hood, his merry men and the pint-supping Friar Tuck at the Lancaster Road Co-op. The store has gone to town and set up an animated Robin Hood scene starring the drinking Friar and Santa
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7. Children from Ribbleton Hall High School, Preston, were enjoying their cross-country race so much that this friendly dog joined in on one section of the course
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8. Conker Contest takes place at Market Square,Preston September 25th 1976.
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