It was quite the time to be alive, and so why not take a trip down memory lane by exploring our picture collection of archive images from Preston in 1985 and 1986. They’ll have you saying ‘I loved those days’ in no time.
These are some incredible historic pictures, so have a look and see if you recognise any familiar sights or faces...
Still fancy a bot more nostalgia or a few other trips down memory lane? Be sure not to miss some of our other recent retro picture collections...
25. Sport can be fun - even if you are 75 years old. That was the message from the Festival of Movement and Dance when more than 100 men and women of all ages showed off their fancy footwork. Ten groups put on sparkling demonstrations at the West View Leisure Centre, Ribbleton, Preston, in a four-and-a-half hour non-stop performance
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26. A group of young children have been beavering away to make a 450ft paper chain. They were sponsored for £100 which will be pledged to the Children in Need appeal. The eleven members of the 7th Preston beaver scout group, formed only six months ago, have spent the last money making the chain
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27. Won't you Charleston with me? Students from Tuson College Catering Course in Preston get into the swing of things by finding their dancing feet at their 'Roaring Twenties' night.
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28. Almost 500 tap dancers went through their paces at Preston Guild Hall to raise money as part of the nationwide Children in Need campaign. They were joined by hundreds more throughout the country in an effort to gain a place in the Guinness Book of Records. The Preston leg of the dance, choreograhed by dancer Sylvia Goff, and featuring dancers from Preston, Chorley, Leyland and Wigan, brought in £11,000 through spsonsorship
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