33 era-defining pictures to take you back to Preston in 1987 including schools

Digital Journalist

Published 13th Jan 2025, 13:37 BST

From record heavy snow to the re-election of Margaret Thatcher, 1987 was quite the year

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School dinners were never like this! Pastry was flying and lips smacking at a very special geography lesson for 30 primary school children. This is the fun way to find out about Italy, tucking into a good pizza. The children, eight and nine-year-olds from class 7 at St Theresa's Primary School, Penwortham, had gone along to Angelo's pizza restaurant in Avenham Street, Preston, to see how real Italian pizzas are made - and what they taste like

1. Preston in 1987

School dinners were never like this! Pastry was flying and lips smacking at a very special geography lesson for 30 primary school children. This is the fun way to find out about Italy, tucking into a good pizza. The children, eight and nine-year-olds from class 7 at St Theresa's Primary School, Penwortham, had gone along to Angelo's pizza restaurant in Avenham Street, Preston, to see how real Italian pizzas are made - and what they taste like Photo: RETRO

Cannon Street, Preston. May 1987.
Image kindly provided by Paul Swarbrick and Gillian Lawson of the Preston Historical Society

2. Preston, 1987

Cannon Street, Preston. May 1987. Image kindly provided by Paul Swarbrick and Gillian Lawson of the Preston Historical Society | National World

Miss Evening Post helps launch the new Preston Zippy buses at Preston bus station. But who is the gentleman with her?

3. Preston in 1987

Miss Evening Post helps launch the new Preston Zippy buses at Preston bus station. But who is the gentleman with her? Photo: RETRO

This team of gymnasts proved instoppable when they took on a town's best athletes. For the girls from Ashton High School in Preston leapt, rolled and twisted their way to four of the five titles in the town's school's gymnastic competition

4. Preston in 1987

This team of gymnasts proved instoppable when they took on a town's best athletes. For the girls from Ashton High School in Preston leapt, rolled and twisted their way to four of the five titles in the town's school's gymnastic competition Photo: RETRO

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