It was an era which saw the UK go from miners’ strikes and Maggie Thatcher to fast food, sun-soaked holidays abroad, the dawn of widespread computer use, and decidedly quirky fashion choices. And so, take a look at a few of our best archive pictures of life in Chorley back in the mid-1980s.
5. Chorley in the mid-1980s
1986: Dr. David Hunt (far right) at the South Ribble Art Exhibition in the South Ribble Museum Photo: L NORTH
6. Chorley in the mid-1980s
Teacher Jim Porter's marathon fund-raising effort paid off for a North West children's hospital. He collected £1,400 for the hospital at Pendlebury in Manchester after taking part in the London Marathon. Here the cheque is being presented to Mrs Tomlinson from the hospital Photo: RETRO
7. Chorley in the mid-1980s
Foot-tapping youngsters from Chorley's Albany C of E school spent three hours in the gym, dancing the night away... and raised more than £1,000 in the process for Dance Aid, the latest offshoot of the famous Band Aid charity for Ethiopia Photo: RETRO
8. Chorley in the mid-1980s
Almost 500 tap dancers went through their paces at Preston Guild Hall to raise money as part of the nationwide Children in Need campaign. They were joined by hundreds more throughout the country in an effort to gain a place in the Guinness Book of Records. The Preston leg of the dance, choreograhed by dancer Sylvia Goff, and featuring dancers from Preston, Chorley, Leyland and Wigan, brought in £11,000 through spsonsorship Photo: RETRO