With that in mind, if you have fond memories of the early 1970s - if you were a young child coming of age back in those days or if you were a young adult finding your place in the world - this is the picture collection for you.
These pictures will have you saying: “I’d love to go back just for a day”, so take a look at our best retro pics from 1970s Preston below...
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...
14. Pupils and teachers from Lostock Hall County Secondary School take a step back in time as they engage in an archaelogical dig in Walton-le-Dale, Preston
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15. Windrush - Malvern Dyer and his wife Jean on their wedding day in 1971, one of the earliest mixed race marriages in Preston.
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16. Marks and Spencers, Fishergate, Preston 1970 Also seen are the premises of Manfield and Sons, shoe shop, opened in 1929. Copyright Lancashire County Library and Information Service. www.lantern.lancashire.gov.uk/
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