They all show what the people of Preston were getting up to during that year – from charity events to the Full Monty, choirs and the death of Diana Princess of Wales. Are you in any of the pictures? Or do you recognise anyone?
9. Preston in 1997
Preston College students (from left to right) Elizabeth Kirrelly, Belinda Hartley, Gale Webster and John Gregson, ready to go to the French Alps as assistant ski instructors Photo: Godfrey Birtill
10. Preston in 1997
Bike enthusiasts ready for the off during a Yamaha Virago national owners club rally at the Grasshoppers rugby ground in Fulwood, Preston Photo: Lindsey North
11. Preston in 1997
Picket line outside Barclays Bank, Fishergate, Preston Photo: John Hughes
12. Preston in 1997
Television's Rachel Hughes and Jack Sugden (Glenda McKay and Clive Hornby) of Emmerdale, pictured with Army cadets from Preston, Leyland, Chorley and Lostock Hall during an "It's a Knockout" team games event organised by St John Ambulance to commemorate their 75th anniversary and the first 10 years of the junior branch The Badgers Photo: Archive