They depict two years - 1992 and 1993. It was the year of Black Wednesday when the pound crashed, John Major’s Conservative Party narrowly won the general election and when the Queen famously called the year her ‘annus horribilis’ due to royal family scandals and crises. But locally, we look back at life in Preston from kids of stage to snooker tournaments. It You might be pictured...
5. These havoc-making hens were part of an advertising gimmick to boost trade at Dixie Fried Chicken takeaway restaurant in Preston. Stunned shoppers were stopped in their tracks as the pair provided the wackiest sight of the Easter holiday.
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6. Top scientific brains got their heads together at an environmental think tank at Preston's Tickled Trout Hotel. About 30 leading researchers into natural environmental clean-up methods were invited. Pictured are BNFL officials at the meeting, from left: Jenny Little, Harry Eccles, Chris Holroyd, Geoff Garnham and Kay Eckersley
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7. Sammy the Indian Python slid into a Southport school to help pupils learn about pets. Children at Presfield Special School on Preston New Road, Southport, who have moderate learning difficulties, christened the 8ft snake from Southport Aquarium Supplies, Sammy the snake. Sammy and the children are pictured with Dawn Molineux of Southport Aquarium Supplies
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8. Christmas shoppers were entertained by a young morris dancing troupe going through their routines. The Preston Rosettes put on a display in the town's St George's shopping centre to raise cash for uniforms for the Guild celebrations in 1992. Around 70 dancers aged between two and 14 - some pictured above - wowed crowds and raised more than £100 for their fund
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