As the famous saying goes, the only constant in life is change - with that in mind, take a look at some of our best retro archive pictures of life in Penwortham across the decades from 1970 to the late 1990s.
These pictures will have you thinking ‘I miss those days’, so see if you recognise any familiar sights or faces...
Still fancy some more retro nostalgia? Be sure not to miss some of our recent popular picture galleries...
33 adorable pics of 2000s reception classes at Preston schools including Grange Primary, Higher Walton & more
25 hilarious retro pics of 1990s Preston high schools, from Tulketh & Broughton to Fulwood & Penwortham


2. Eight Penwortham youngsters raised £16 for the Pat Seed Appeal by holding a disco. Pictured here are five of them, left to right: Andrew Lawson, Neil Carr, Louise Steiner, Anthony Steiner and Paul Carter. Others helping with the event were Julian Ormiston, Christopher and Stephen Gore.
National World

3. The Ribbleton Hall Secondary school junior hockey team which won the junior Preston Schools Hockey Tournament competition, held at Penwortham Holme
National World

4. Youngsters stretched their vocal chords in a sing-along money-raiser for a trip to the zoo. Almost 80 children from Middleforth Play Group at Penwortham, aged three and four, sang to their hearts' content in the week-long sponsored sing-song of famous nursery rhymes
National World
1 / 9
