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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17. Valentine's Day at St Walburge (Talbot) RC Primary School in Ashton, Preston
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18. Comic Frank Carson performed the official ribbon-cutting ceremony at a new Preston community centre at Farringdon Park. He was quickly surrounded by a bevy of adoring fans
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19. A major Lancashire nuclear plant was recovering from a full-scale alert when a dramatic toxic disaster incident was staged. A leak in a liquid storage tank caused emergency crews to rush to the scene with workers on stand-by for evacuation. But it was not for real - the assimilation of a deadly toxic leak at British Nuclear Fuels' Springfields site, Salwick, near Preston, was performed as part of an annual exercise to test emergency procedures and worker repsonse. Firemen tackle the chemical 'leak' above
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20. Youngsters from a Lancashire primary school put pen to paper to help a child in need. The children of Christ Church CE Primary School in Fitzroy Street, Preston, held a sponsored colouring session to raise money for the Barnardo's Help A Child Appeal. They raised £40, which they wrapped up as gift to present to Barnardo's representative Coun Vernonica Afrin (above with the children)
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