And so, with that in mind, what better way to take a trip down memory lane properly than by checking out some of our best retro pictures of Preston life back in the day.
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9. The Mayor and Mayoress of Preston Coun Joe Ward and Mrs Lilian Ward, and divisional officer Geoff Jenkinson, with some of the prize winners at the Fire Safety Week presentations at St George's Centre, Preston
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10. Lining up to get snipped for charity are children from Brieryfield Road Day Nursery in Preston. The children were helping out hairdressing students from Tuson College taking part in a six-hour haricutting marathon to raise money for St Catherine's Hospice at Lostock Hall. Pictured here are Michaela Marshall, Natasha Frye and Kelly King, getting haricuts from Marc Johnstone, Karen Woodcock and Sharon Hamer
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12. Venture scouts from Preston who could not get to Everest over Whitsuntide made their own moutain nearer home instead. Hundreds of people watched the young men and women climb repeatedly up and down specially erected scaffolding in St George's Shopping Centre, and collect sponsorship money in support of the work of Sir Edmund Hillary
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