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

By Naomi Moon
Published 28th Jul 2020, 15:45 GMT

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

Lancashire Artillery Band performing at St George's Shopping Centre in Preston

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Lancashire Artillery Band performing at St George's Shopping Centre in Preston

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Crowds in Fleetwood watch the resumption of the Isle of Man Steam Packet sailings

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Crowds in Fleetwood watch the resumption of the Isle of Man Steam Packet sailings

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Gilbert and Sullivan fans enthusiastically received "Patience", the latest production of the Preston Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Picture shows the cast members

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Gilbert and Sullivan fans enthusiastically received "Patience", the latest production of the Preston Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Picture shows the cast members

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To mum and dad it's the return of a holiday treat they knew in their youth. To the crowds of happy, excited youngsters it's all a brand new adventure. And to thousands of people in Lancashire it's the sailing event of the decade - the return of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's sailings from Fleetwood to Douglas. Pictured above: Three-year-old Debbie Dugdale does her own thing with the Mona's Isle bell, watched by parents Frank and Marleine, from Blackpool

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To mum and dad it's the return of a holiday treat they knew in their youth. To the crowds of happy, excited youngsters it's all a brand new adventure. And to thousands of people in Lancashire it's the sailing event of the decade - the return of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's sailings from Fleetwood to Douglas. Pictured above: Three-year-old Debbie Dugdale does her own thing with the Mona's Isle bell, watched by parents Frank and Marleine, from Blackpool

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