While it’s incredible to think that those days which seem so recent are now some 20 years in the past, it’s always nice to take a trip down memory lane and cast your mind back to days when everything seemed a little more simple and just that bit better, thanks to a tinge of nostalgia... For the latest Preston & Lancashire headlines in your inbox, sign up for the LEP newsletter.
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25. Howick CE Primary School secretary, Pippa Sladen, with pupils from class 2 at the school in Howick, near Preston, practice for the their walking bus - the first in the county. The scheme is aimed at slashing rush-hour traffic outside the school and improving the health and wellbeing of the children
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26. Tots and mums taking part in a Splashathon event at West View Leisure Centre, Ribbleton, Preston. The event was held to raise money for Tommy's Campaign, the national pregnancy health campaign.
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27. Deputy mayor and mayoress of Preston Rose Kinsella and daughter Elaine Lloyd formally open the florist shop Enchanted Wood in Ashton, Preston, which is owned and will be run by Jayne Dolman (right), and her mother Samantha
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28. Pupils at at Preston school made a bid for stardom by performing to packed audiences with a production of the hit musical Godspell. All of the three shows performed by a cast of budding actors at Archbishop Temple School, Fulwood, were sell-outs
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