We’ve dug through the archives to bring you some of the very best pictures showing everyday life and the things people were getting up to back in 1997 in Morecambe, Lytham, Garstang and Fleetwood. Are you in any of the pictures? Let us know. READ MORE: Go back to 1996 on the Fylde Coast. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Life on the Fylde Coast in 1995. MORE MEMORIES: Return to 1994 and see what was happening on the Fylde Coast back then
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![Passion Killers at Fleetwood Drama Festival](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRhNTcwZGRiLWRlOWItNDVhOC05MGZlLWVjNGExZjAwMWZlOTo0YzBiZmZhYS1jNzk4LTRlOTktOTkyNi0xMWRjOTUzZDMzMDE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Fleetwood Wanderers football team. Front (from left): Michael Strachan, Dave Warburton, Dave Moran, John Riches, Stuart Beech, Paul Haslam, and Dean Cheeseman. Middle (from left): Dean McGinley, Simon Longrigg, David Swann, Jim Betmead, Sean Collidge, Brian Cartmell, Graham Yeo, and Brian Summers. Back (from left): Alan Hill (assistant manager), Mark Witter, Andy Moran, Glen Bold, Jason Weller, Frank Cygal, and Alan Tinsley (manager)](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU3ZTU1ODBiLTUwZGQtNDQ5YS04NDI3LTU4YWI0YjUwMTdmZDpjMWY0NmZmYy0yYTQ1LTRmYTMtYTgwNC00NWNhM2I4ZjA4OWY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Fylde Coast in 1997
Fleetwood Wanderers football team. Front (from left): Michael Strachan, Dave Warburton, Dave Moran, John Riches, Stuart Beech, Paul Haslam, and Dean Cheeseman. Middle (from left): Dean McGinley, Simon Longrigg, David Swann, Jim Betmead, Sean Collidge, Brian Cartmell, Graham Yeo, and Brian Summers. Back (from left): Alan Hill (assistant manager), Mark Witter, Andy Moran, Glen Bold, Jason Weller, Frank Cygal, and Alan Tinsley (manager) Photo: Dawn Castle
![Children and Staff from Flakefleet Primary School, Fleetwood, who performed Aladdin. Back (from left): Emma Garden, 11, Leanne Henderson, 11, teacher Jill Porter, Adam Shewan, nine, Stuart Belsey, 10, Paul Corry, 10, and Simon Gill, 10. Front (from left): Collin Bagnall, 10, Rebecca Stirzaker, 10, Richard Seymour, 10, David Lindsay, 11, Andrew Hammond, eight, and Kristopher Ball 10](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjFkMjY2NzQyLWMzNzMtNDU3ZS1iYTQzLTk3MDAzOTU2M2YxOTpkODEwOGMyZC03ZDhmLTRkMWUtODk4OC1lYjk4NzkyNjQ0N2M=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Fylde Coast in 1997
Children and Staff from Flakefleet Primary School, Fleetwood, who performed Aladdin. Back (from left): Emma Garden, 11, Leanne Henderson, 11, teacher Jill Porter, Adam Shewan, nine, Stuart Belsey, 10, Paul Corry, 10, and Simon Gill, 10. Front (from left): Collin Bagnall, 10, Rebecca Stirzaker, 10, Richard Seymour, 10, David Lindsay, 11, Andrew Hammond, eight, and Kristopher Ball 10 Photo: Dave Nelson
![Looking cool... Grease youngsters from left (front): Katie Morton, five, and Martin Biggin, six, Andrew Taylor, eight, John Kelsall, seven, Mathew Escott, eight, and Daniel Holding, seven, from St Thomas' CE School made their mark at Garstang](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE4NGFlYzliLTQ5N2MtNDMzOS1iNjM3LWQ4ZjE5MTZkMmQ0Yzo1YjU3MjlkMi0zOTRmLTRmZjItYjgwZC01ZmVmZDU4ZDQwZGI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Fylde Coast in 1997
Looking cool... Grease youngsters from left (front): Katie Morton, five, and Martin Biggin, six, Andrew Taylor, eight, John Kelsall, seven, Mathew Escott, eight, and Daniel Holding, seven, from St Thomas' CE School made their mark at Garstang Photo: Steve Pendrill