Not only was it the last year of the decade, it was the final one of a whole Millennium. These pictures throw back to 1999 to show exactly what life was like in our city.
25. Life in Preston in 1999
Pupils from Lever House CP School in Leyland, working with their grandparents Photo: RETRO
26. Life in Preston in 1999
The battle of sexes has spilled out over a Lancashire bar. Things turned bitter at the Cartford Hotel in Little Eccleston, near Garstang, because local brewer John Smith has installed a new beer pump featuring a topless woman. John, who owns the Hart Brewery next door to the pub, fell out with barmaid Fiona McCulloch after she drew a bra on the female, who was advertising the beer called Temptress Photo: RETRO
27. Life in Preston in 1999
Oh what a lovely war... at least, for this team of crack troops. Paintballing is now an established sport which sees two teams take each other on in a variety of landscapes, trying to wipe out the enemy with powerful paint-pellet firing guns. John Jones, Stuart Rimmer, Michelle Jones and Stuart Crichton make up Lancashire's The Dye Hard squad who won the No Battlepack Winter Series national competion Photo: RETRO