31 retro pics of Preston from 1995 to 1999, from Miss UK to North End and nightclubs

There was nothing quite like the '90s - just ask anyone who actually was there, and they'll invariably tell you 'you just had to be there...'

And so why not take a trip down memory lane to indulge in a spot of proper '90s nostalgia by checking out some of our best archive retro pictures of what Preston was like back in the mid- to late-1990s.

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9. A potentially dangerous lack of first aid knowledge among young people in Preston is being patched up by an innovative school scheme, sparked by an idea from Royal Preston Hospital casualty staff. Now 15 pupils from Fulwood High School have picked up their first aid certifcates after the course. Pictured above are the pupils watching fellow student Lee Roscoe apply first aid

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10. They were dancing in Church Street, Preston during Euro '96.

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11. Musicians at the Leyland Motors Social Club, Leyland, Preston, before the Music For Life Festival in memory of guitarist Andy Sutton.

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12. Sophie Jackson, 17, Matt Bispham, 16, Steve Pearce, Laura Worden, 18, Naomi Smith, Gerard Flynn, 18, and Dani Gallagher, 15, prepare for the play 'The Little Shop of Horrors' at the Preston Playhouse.

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Preston Nostalgia

31 old school retro pictures of Preston from 1995 to 1999, from Miss UK & politicians, to North End & clubs

There was nothing quite like the '90s - just ask anyone who actually was there, and they'll invariably tell you 'you just had to be there...'

10. They were dancing in Church Street, Preston during Euro '96.

11. Musicians at the Leyland Motors Social Club, Leyland, Preston, before the Music For Life Festival in memory of guitarist Andy Sutton.

12. Sophie Jackson, 17, Matt Bispham, 16, Steve Pearce, Laura Worden, 18, Naomi Smith, Gerard Flynn, 18, and Dani Gallagher, 15, prepare for the play 'The Little Shop of Horrors' at the Preston Playhouse.

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