Here are some of our best archive pictures depicting life and locals in Preston and Chorley back in those heady days.
These are some incredible historic pictures, so have a look and see if you recognise any familiar sights or faces...
17. A group of young children have been beavering away to make a 450ft paper chain. They were sponsored for £100 which will be pledged to the Children in Need appeal. The eleven members of the 7th Preston beaver scout group, formed only six months ago, have spent the last money making the chain
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18. A Lancashire MP called for better provision for working mums when she opened a new creche in the county. Preston MP Audrey Wise was opening a new pre-school centre for staff and students at Lancashire Polytechnic. She is pictured above with some of the young charges
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19. Four members of Chorley Rotary Club set themselves a gruelling challenge by riding 20 miles along bridleways and roads in Rivington Moor, Horwich, Belmont and Winter Hill - all to raise money for the Rotary International Polio Plud fund. Here they are being waved off from Chorley's Town Hall by the mayor Coun Mrs Edna Shone.
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20. Miss Evening Post helps launch the new Preston Zippy buses at Preston bus station. But who is the gentleman with her?
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