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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The staff and students of Tulketh High School, Preston, set sail in HMS Pinafore to the delight of all. Not only was the musical a smash-hit with the audiences of three days but the school followed the success with a day's holiday. Michael Philipson, Eric Forshaw, Jane Harris, Kim Lofthouse, Phillip Elliot and Sandra Harvey (pictured left to right) were among the crew of the gallant ship
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The first of the 2,500 delegates at the annual conference of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland have begun assembling at Blackpool Winter Gardens. Their gathering is the first large-scale conference of the year on the Fylde coast. Above Blackpool Rotarian John Kilburn (left) enrols delegates before the start of the conference
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At their headquarters on the wooded slopes of the River Ribble near Church Deeps, Walton-le-Dale, the 1st Scout troop, whose ages range from 11 to 16, began their mammoth task of sawing 3,000 logs from trees which had been previously hacked down by Venture Scouts. Pictured (left to right): Michael Wiggans, Neil Fearnley, Tony Leicester and Chris Leicester
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Hundreds of scouts, cubs and rangers took part in a 10-mile walk in aid of the new Preston headquarters. The walkers trekked from the Preston Sea Cadets headquarters in Strand Road along the south bank of the river, past the golf club and along Howick Cross Lane via Penwortham back to Strand Road. Pictured above cub scouts of the 4th Ribbleton troop step out