19 incredible scenes that capture life in Preston in the decade of the 1980s - people, places and buildings

By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 13th Sep 2025, 15:00 GMT

Great photos always stir the memories and these from the 1980s are bound to do that.

They cover the decade from 1980-1989 and remember news events, beach, people and buildings which shaped Blackpool during that time. Can you remember the 1980s?

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13. Preston 1980-1989

Do you recognise this scene in 1985? It's Avenham Lane, Preston, at the junction with Syke Street and Oxford Street. Picture courtesy of Preston Digital Archive. | National World

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14. Preston 1980-1989

Demolition work at Preston Dock. February 4, 1982 Cutting up one of the dockside cranes on the south side of the main basin. | National World

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15. Preston 1980-1989

Lancashire Evening Post Buiding, Fishergate (north side), Preston 1988 Photograph by Marian Roberts (P.H.S) Image kindly provided by Paul Swarbrick and Gillian Lawson of the Preston Historical Society. www.prestonhistoricalsociety.org.uk | National World

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16. Preston 1980-1989

Citizens Band Radio March in Preston 31st January 1981. | National World

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