The 1970s was an exciting time to be around, with social developments continuing apace. From music and film to sports and education, it was an era when society was making leaps and bounds.
With that in mind, we’ve put together a collection of our best archive pictures of life in Chorley and Leyland back some 55 years in the past.
What are you recollections of Chorley and Leyland and even the wider South Ribble area back in the 1970s?
See if you recognise any familiar sights or faces...
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9. Chip shovelling gourmet Harry Haddock had his chips and ate them - but a trifle unhappily. It was not the lack of salt and vinegar which made connoisseur Harry glum as he tucked into his favourite dish. The reason was that the self-appointed chip chomping champion of the village of Adlington, near Chorley, had been out-done during what may prove to be the world's first chip-making competition. He lost out to Mrs Mary Thompson
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10. Celebrities are like trouble to the organisers of the Chorley and District Hospitals fete - they come in threes. After failing for about five years to get a showbiz personality to open the annual fete they hit the jackpot when they invited comedian Frank Carson, for he brought with him fellow comedian Duggie Brown and actress Liz Frazer
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11. The glory days of the stage have been recreated by students from a Leyland college in a nostalgic look at the 1920s and 30s. The students from Runshaw Tertiary College presented Gerswhin Cabaret, featuirng hits from the shows including I Got Rhythm and Summertime
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12. Santa Claus thought he was seeing double when he popped along to a church hall party. For there before his eyes were 18 sets of twins. But a magician entertaining more than 40 youngsters at Lyons Lane Church Hall in Chorley had not cast a spell - Santa had walked in on the Chorley and Leyland Twins Club Christmas party
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