From fashion and culture to sport and global events, it was a famously busy time. And so, with that in mind, take a trip down memory lane and check out some of our very best retro archive pictures showing what life in Preston looked like back in the ‘70s...
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5. The Mayor of Preston, Coun Harold Parker, presents the Lancashire Evening Post garden trophy to Henry Smith watched by runner-up Mrs Annie Beetham, at the Preston Flower Show, held at the Guild Hall
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6. Lancashire horse riders saddled up and rode off into the distance to take part in a marathon relay-ride to Banbury Cross. And the Mayor of Preston, Coun Harold Parker, raised a few horse laughs when he leapt on to a vacant steed and jogged around the Flag Market. The ride, organised as part of "Sport For All Week" is the longest ever to be held in Britain
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7. Following the success of their U13 team in the Preston Challenge Cricket Cup, the Catholic College U15 team, pictured above, completed the cricket double for the season by winning the Hoghton Shield in a hotly-contested final at West Cliff against Walton-le-Dale Secondary School
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8. Nearly 200 canoeists from the North West took to the water for an exciting race on the River Ribble. They were taking part in the Ribble White Water Race for scouts, sponsored by the Preston and District Scout Council. The scouts battled through nine miles of water from Edisford Bridge in Clitheroe to Ribchester
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