But what was Preston like back in the early ‘80s. Take a trip down memory lane to find out by flicking through our best archive retro pictures of that bygone era in the city’s history.
33. 1982 Preston
Preston-born playwright Peter Hartley has written and produced Visions of the Past, and it is to be performed by Hoghton's Schoolhouse Players. Peter is pictured here, sat with some of the cast members Photo: RETRO
34. 1982 Preston
Eleven-year-olds from Lostock Hall County Junior School, Preston, have been having history lessons with a difference. They have been making it! They learned about life during the second world war, by producing their own version of how it happened. More than 50 children were involved in the two hour show, A Time of War Photo: RETRO
35. 1982 Preston
A 24-hour football game at Springfields football ground, Lea, raised nearly £700 for muscular dystrophy. Twenty-five people took part in relays in the five-a-side football match organised by the Preston Area Civil Service Sports Council Photo: RETRO
36. 1982 Preston
These Preston youngsters reckon they have got an old tradition cracked. For more than 90 children from the Faringdon Park County Primary school scrambled over a town centre park to demonstrated the old custom of egg rolling Photo: RETRO