9 brilliant picture memories that show the people of Preston in 1986

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Published 11th Jan 2026, 09:00 GMT

Recognise anyone?

This clutch of people pictures go back 40 years to 1986. Are they familiar faces?

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Mrs Louisa Peake, 56, from Lea in Preston, is the longest serving worker at the Springfields site of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. Now a catering supervisor, she started in the kitchens in 1943 - before she should even have left school. Then the staple canteen diet included "savoury duck" - a dish which included all the kitchen odds and ends and NEVER any duck

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Mrs Louisa Peake, 56, from Lea in Preston, is the longest serving worker at the Springfields site of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. Now a catering supervisor, she started in the kitchens in 1943 - before she should even have left school. Then the staple canteen diet included "savoury duck" - a dish which included all the kitchen odds and ends and NEVER any duck Photo: Archive

Another shot of the pupils of St Mary and St Benedict's school in Bamber Bridge in rehearsal for their Passion service, which is being filmed for the BBC

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Another shot of the pupils of St Mary and St Benedict's school in Bamber Bridge in rehearsal for their Passion service, which is being filmed for the BBC Photo: Archive

More than 200 pupils took to the stage to put on Penwortham Girls High School's production of Die Fledermaus. The cast, mainly seniors, had been rehearsing since last September to stage the opera. Cash raised from the production went to school funds

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More than 200 pupils took to the stage to put on Penwortham Girls High School's production of Die Fledermaus. The cast, mainly seniors, had been rehearsing since last September to stage the opera. Cash raised from the production went to school funds Photo: Archive

This group is apparently of two basketball teams gathered outside the Bluebell pub on Church Street, Preston - but we're not so sure. Anyone know what was going on?

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This group is apparently of two basketball teams gathered outside the Bluebell pub on Church Street, Preston - but we're not so sure. Anyone know what was going on? Photo: Archive

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