… to Preston in 1993. Princess Diana is in the news as the new decades slowly moves towards the new Millennium, and there’s plenty going on in Preston. Take a look at some of our best archive pictures from that time.
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21. Life in Preston in 1993
The head of the first primary school in Lancashire to opt out of local authority control is to retire after 26 years in eduction. Mr Ian Nichol, of Newton Bluecoat School, Newton, near Preston is retiring after helping hundreds of children along the education path. He was given a surprise farewell party in the school grounds Photo: RETRO
22. Life in Preston in 1993
It's behind you! Schoolchildren jumped in fright when their dinner ladies turned into monsters. Kitchen staff at Ribbleton Avenue Infants School, Preston, decided to join in the horror of the children's "wild things" project for the week Photo: RETRO
23. Life in Preston in 1993
Parents are furious that a lollipop patrol guiding school children across a busy Preston road is to be axed. Hundreds of children are safely helped across the junction of Tulketh Brow and Waterloo Road under the watchful eye of lollipop lady Mrs Wendy Proctor. But police experts have decided the twice-daily peak hour patrol is to go. Mrs Wendy Proctor is pictured above with some of the parents and children Photo: RETRO
24. Life in Preston in 1993
Fund-raisers from the Royal Preston Hospital casualty unit managed to bring in more than £700 for their crusade to save lives in road accidents in Lancashire when they took part in a pub crawl around Preston Photo: RETRO