The Fox children and their friends the Parkinson twins were faced with a six-foot problem when collecting for their charity jumble sale at Longridge. How to get a wardrobe to the Fox home in Severn Street? Uncle Joe to the rescue! The kind-hearted children, who organised the jumble sale to raise money for disabled children, are pictured above, from left to right: Susan Parkinson, Edward Fox, Judith Parkinson, Helen Fox, Elizabeth Fox and Kathleen Foxplaceholder image
The Fox children and their friends the Parkinson twins were faced with a six-foot problem when collecting for their charity jumble sale at Longridge. How to get a wardrobe to the Fox home in Severn Street? Uncle Joe to the rescue! The kind-hearted children, who organised the jumble sale to raise money for disabled children, are pictured above, from left to right: Susan Parkinson, Edward Fox, Judith Parkinson, Helen Fox, Elizabeth Fox and Kathleen Fox

This is how Lancashire looked in 1971

A selection of your photographs from days gone by.

This week we are looking at 1971. Do you recognise yourself or anyone else in these pictures? Let us know. READ MORE: Stories that hit the headlines back in 1971

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