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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29. These five lovely ladies were at Preston Stadium to launch a competition to win a Christmas hamper. To win you had to forecast the result of a race beetween the greyhouds the girls entered. They are (from left to right): Dog A entered by Julie Thompson; Dog B entered by Christine Moran; Dog C entered by Eva Shirtcliffe; Dog D entered by Christine Watkins and Dog E entered by Kym Monk
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30. The first troupe of dancers in Preston's Caribbean Carnival paid tribute to ancient Egypt and there was even a makeshift pyramid among the jogging pharoahs and Cleaopatras
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31. The newly formed Preston Youth Bowling team. Front, from left: Paul Newsham, Barry Sutton, John Nowell, Andrew Fairclough, Peter Hadfield, Keith Bond. Back: Philip Scott, Jimmy Turner, Thomas Ashcroft, Glen Swarbick, Mick Nelson, Stephen Halsall, Roy Hatsell (manager)
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