Conga line... these four youngsters find there's a safety - and fun - in numbers as they try their hand at roller skating at Fulwood Leisure Centreplaceholder image
Conga line... these four youngsters find there's a safety - and fun - in numbers as they try their hand at roller skating at Fulwood Leisure Centre

29 memorable pictures of people keeping fit in the 1980s in Preston

Claire Lark
By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 15th Dec 2025, 18:00 GMT

While the fitness craze that currently occupies such a prominent part of life is more of a recent phenomenon, people in the past certainly recognised the importance of working up a good sweat, too...

And so, with that in mind, take a trip down memory lane to the 1980s and check out our best archive pictures of Fulwood Leisure Centre back in that era.

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Ashton High School won the boys section of the Junior Superstars Competition, and Broughton High School girls got most points in their section. The venues were London Road running track and Fulwood Leisure Centre. Pictured here are the two winning teams and their trophies. Back (from left): John Ashcroft, Mick Molloy (Ashton), Karen Duckett and Louise Barrow (Broughton). Front: Neil Houlding, Simon Whalley (Ashton), Lynn Wiggans and Andrea Jacobs (Broughton)

17. 1980s Fulwood Leisure Centre

Ashton High School won the boys section of the Junior Superstars Competition, and Broughton High School girls got most points in their section. The venues were London Road running track and Fulwood Leisure Centre. Pictured here are the two winning teams and their trophies. Back (from left): John Ashcroft, Mick Molloy (Ashton), Karen Duckett and Louise Barrow (Broughton). Front: Neil Houlding, Simon Whalley (Ashton), Lynn Wiggans and Andrea Jacobs (Broughton) Photo: RETRO

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Two women enjoy some time in the sauna at Fulwood Leisure Centre

18. 1980s Fulwood Leisure Centre

Two women enjoy some time in the sauna at Fulwood Leisure Centre Photo: RETRO

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The scene in the Fulwood Leisure Centre gym where the Junior Superstars Competition was held. Eleven local schools took part, the winners being Ashton High School for the boys trophy and Broughton High School with the most points in the girls section

19. 1980s Fulwood Leisure Centre

The scene in the Fulwood Leisure Centre gym where the Junior Superstars Competition was held. Eleven local schools took part, the winners being Ashton High School for the boys trophy and Broughton High School with the most points in the girls section Photo: RETRO

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Kids enjoying Roller Skating at Fulwood Leisure Centre August 1983

20. 1980s Fulwood Leisure Centre

Kids enjoying Roller Skating at Fulwood Leisure Centre August 1983 Photo: RETRO

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