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...
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5. The turbulent love story of a rich young baron and a beautiful gipsy princess unfolded at Penwortham Girls' Grammar School. Nearly 100 girls and their teachers took part in the operetta The Gipsy Baron
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6. Mrs D Relph of Penwortham won the Preston and District Ladies Charity Cup played at Ashton and Lea Golf Club. Seven clubs and 84 competitors took part, and the proceeds, a cheque for £350, was presented to representatives from the Royal Cross School for the Deaf. Mrs Kay Procopides is pictured presenting the cheque to Mrs A Turner on behalf of the Royal Cross School
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7. The days of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were revived when the legend was brought to life for schoolchildren from St Paul's CE School, Faringdon Moss and St Mary Magdalen's RC Primary in Penwortham. Actors from the Camelot Theme Park at Charnock Richard visited as a thank you to the schools for taking part in a competition
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8. Elizabeth Sibbering, Jennifer North, Michelle Poole and Juliet Ralph, the winners of the South Ribble Under 16 doubles tennis tournament. All four players are pupils at Penwortham Girls' High School
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