Headmaster Bert Pryce has retired after pioneering education at a Preston school. Mr Pryce, 50, who was awarded an MBE in 1970 for his work with children, has taken early retirement from Deepdale Junior School. His retirement presents included a set of golf clubs Photo: Arhive
More than 500 children stepped on to the stage for this year's Preston Junior Dance Festival. Tots and teenagers from all over the north of England put their best feet forward in a bid for medals and trophies - including this group Photo: Archive
Summertime blues have been given the heave-ho - thousands of youngsters can vouch for that. For they have been taking advantage of holiday play schemes at Lancashire leisure centres - which this year are more popular than ever. Enjoying a spot of table tennis at Fulwood Leisure Centre Photo: Archive
Cinema-goers had a touch of double-vision when they arrived for the latest martial arts film - The Karate Kid II. For the big screen action came to life... right outside Preston Odeon when members of the town karate club gave a demonstration outside. Pictured: Bob and Gwen Hitchen of Preston Karate Club during the demonstration Photo: Archive
Ninety football-crazy youngsters have kicked off the new soccer season with top TV personality Ian St John. The budding Bests and mini Maradonas are learning the basic facts of football at the former Liverpool star's soccer school at Fulwood Leisure Centre Photo: Archive
These children have every reason to be jumping for joy. School's out - for a couple more weeks at least - and they are quite rightly making the most of their holidays with an open air disco at Bamber Bridge Leisure Centre Photo: Archive
Lancashire bobbies turned out to be the biggest crowd-pullers in the county when they opened their doors to the public. More than 60,000 visitors turned out when the force held its open day at Hutton headquarters, near Preston. Pictured: PC Connor with youngsters Matthew Barnes and Ewan McIntyre Photo: Archive
Lancashire bobbies turned out to be the biggest crowd-pullers in the county when they opened their doors to the public. More than 60,000 visitors turned out when the force held its open day at Hutton headquarters, near Preston. Pictured: Competitors in a tug-of-war contest Photo: Archive
School runners raised £1,250 for a charity set up to keep us all fit and healthy. Pupils from Preston's Tulketh High School, staff, parents and old boys, tipped up their charity money from the recent Heartbeat half--marathon and fun run. Team Tulketh was so successful in raising money for Heartbeat that the school is now planning to have its own charity running team. Pupil David Green, 13, is pictured handing over the cheque to Heartbeat director Mr Fred Pollard Photo: Archive
Children got a taste of Roman high life when they organised a special feast day at their school. Drinks of the fizzy variety flowed and there was plenty of food on hand at St Stephen's Primary School in South Meadow Lane, Preston, as youngsters took a step back in time to the early days of Rome Photo: Archive
These pub regulars got their skates on to raise money for the Post Centenary Scanner Appeal. The team, representing Preston's Red Lion Hotel in Church Street, pulled a bath around 10 local pubs on their roller skates. Local in fancy dress collected donations along the route of the event, which was expected to raise £500 for the appeal Photo: Archive
A playgroup had double cause to celebrate its coming of age. A £3,000 windfall put the icing on the cake at a party to mark the 18th anniversary of Broughton play group, near Preston. The money will enable the wooden hut, where generations of children have met, to be redecorated and work on the roof to be carried out Photo: Archive
Workers at a Lancashire nuclear plant proved they were real sports in the name of charity. Scores of them turned out to take part in a series of events at the British Nuclear Fuels site Salwick, near Preston. Fun and relay runs, a fishing contest, and cycle ride all helped raise vital cash for local organisations Photo: Archive
Lancashire Chief Constable Brian Johnson was keen to try one of the prizes he presented to five lucky winners of a cycle coding competition. The five won top model BMX stunt bikes in a draw entered by more than 5,000 people who had their cycles postcoded against theft in a campaign organised by Lancashire Police. The winners were (left to right) James Oldham of Astley Village, near Chorley; Dianne Brennand of Breck Road, Poulton-le-Fylde; Samantha Burke of Layton Road, Larches, Preston; Shada Hartley of Great Hardwood; and Richard Stewart of Norton Avenue, Morecambe Photo: Archive