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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18. The Children in Need appeal netted an estimated £5. And in Lancashire the response to the appeal saw Leyland comedian Phil Cool joining in the fund-raising. Along with the Mayor of South Ribble, Coun Jerry Jenkinson, he opened an event in Leyland which included appearances by the Evening Post band and the Leyland Morris Men
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19. Vic Fairhurst stepped in as a ballroom teacher for a day in 1954 - and he hasn't stopped dancing since. For after that temporary session, Vic took over a Leyland schoool and since then he's taught thousands of people to waltz, jive and quick-step. Pictured is Vic Fairhurst with one of his classes at the St Ambrose Hall, Leyland
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20. The airwaves were buzzing when guides from the First Bretherton Girl Guides enrolled the help of radio ham Frank Harrison of Leyland on "Thinking Day". Calling all Guides - Victoria Shone on the short wave radio with Nicola Corry, Sarah Clarke, Karen Flaxman, Cerise Washington and Frank Harrison
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