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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These kids are homing in on the latest craze to hit Preston - roller skating. They are packing into the sports hall at Fulwood Leisure Centre to partake in a range of sports, but roller skating tops the bill.

21. 1980s Fulwood Leisure Centre

These kids are homing in on the latest craze to hit Preston - roller skating. They are packing into the sports hall at Fulwood Leisure Centre to partake in a range of sports, but roller skating tops the bill. Photo: RETRO

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Kids swimming at Fulwood Leisure Centre

22. 1980s Fulwood Leisure Centre

Kids swimming at Fulwood Leisure Centre Photo: RETRO

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Andrew Newton presents a cheque for £200 to Preston Kidney Research Association chairman Ernest Goring before a football match at St Anthony's Sports Ground, Fulwood. A further cheque was presented for the Pope's visit later in the day by the lads from Fulwood Leisure Centre

23. 1980s Fulwood Leisure Centre

Andrew Newton presents a cheque for £200 to Preston Kidney Research Association chairman Ernest Goring before a football match at St Anthony's Sports Ground, Fulwood. A further cheque was presented for the Pope's visit later in the day by the lads from Fulwood Leisure Centre Photo: RETRO

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Making a splash are these youngsters from the Ribbleton Hall High School playscheme. Playleaders took the merry band for a dip at Fulwood Leisure Centre as part of their programme of summer fun.

24. 1980s Fulwood Leisure Centre

Making a splash are these youngsters from the Ribbleton Hall High School playscheme. Playleaders took the merry band for a dip at Fulwood Leisure Centre as part of their programme of summer fun. Photo: RETRO

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