Half-a-century in the past, 1975 was a year at the apex of a heady time in the UK, so here we put together a bumper collection of our best archive pictures from life in Preston during that exciting era.
45. Preston in 1975
This group of lovely ladies were chosen to represent the Preston Centre of the Women's League of Health and Beauty at the Albert Hall in April. Pictured are Esther Wolstenholme (Longridge), Kathleen Broadbent (Freckleton), Pat Turner (Barton), Helen Mears (Fulwood), Ceila Huntington (Preston), Joan Bamber (Preston), Audrey Musson (Fulwood) and Millie Stocks (Fulwood) Photo: RETRO
46. Preston in 1975
Schoolboy Colin Beesley (left) is the champion of an under-16 knock-out chess tournament which involved 60 boys and girls from schools throughout Preston. The fourth year student from St Edmund Campion School, Fulwood, beat Paul Slater, a fifth year pupil of Preston Catholic College in the final. They are both pictured engaged in battle Photo: RETRO
47. Preston in 1975
Pupils at Samlesbury Church of England school, near Preston, went for a walk on the wild side, during a lesson with a difference. The 60 juniors were guests of the Wildfowl Trust at the newly opened Martin Mere bird Sanctuary at Burscough, near Ormskirk Photo: RETRO