So, while 1980 may feel like just yesterday for many readers, take a trip down memory lane to explore Preston as it used to be back in the day.
21. Martin Sumber celebrated his 21st birthday in style with an impressive victory in the Preston and Fulwood amateur boxing show at a packed Preston Stadium. Light middleweight Sumner got to grips with Steve Judge of Hyndburn and emerged a worthy winner. Martin is pictured above with the rest of the Preston and Fulwood team
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22. Ten-year-old Brian Farish and 13-year-old Howard O'Donnell, two of Preston North End's ball boys, fail to prevent Sir Tom Finney from scoring to open the new community sports centre in Lowthrope Road, Preston, on January 21, 1980
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23. Tom Stringfellow tunes up on his borrowed euphonium, watched by fellow Hoggarths Bandsmen Richard Clark, Brendan Ball, David Sandham and Steve Boreham. The musicians were competing in the regional qualifying contest for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain at Preston's Guild Hall
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24. Preston Digital Archive Follow Emmanuel Street, Preston. 1980's Image kindly provided by Brian Bell courtesy of Paul Swarbrick and Gillian Lawson of the Preston Historical Society. www.prestonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/
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