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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13. The newest recruits to a town's successful Morris Dancing troupe are proving they are winners. For the newly-formed Leyland Legionnaires tinies dancing team have returned triumphant from their first public compettion. The youngsters, all aged between six and 11 years, began dancing together last December. Only four of them had danced before. And at the Mossbrook competition they danced away with third prize and a medal each
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14. More than 50 children from Warwick Road, Leyland, joined in the fun to celebrate Andrew and Fergie's big day, with games, a disco and plenty of sandwiches, jellies and pop
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16. 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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