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 duckplaceholder image
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

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

Claire Lark
By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

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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A group of Lancashire school children will make their screen debut when the BBC films their special Easter service. The pupils of St Mary and St Benedict's school in Bamber Bridge are to present a Passion service on Good Friday and, as they do, the cameras will be rolling. Pictured above, some of the cast rehearse

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A group of Lancashire school children will make their screen debut when the BBC films their special Easter service. The pupils of St Mary and St Benedict's school in Bamber Bridge are to present a Passion service on Good Friday and, as they do, the cameras will be rolling. Pictured above, some of the cast rehearse Photo: Archive

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This group of enterprising youngsters could hold the key to Britain's industrial future. They form the youngest group of staff and executives at any Lancashire company and at Pioneer they really mean business. Pioneer is the Preston firm set up by the 16-year-olds at Fulwood High School under the Young Enterprise programme

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This group of enterprising youngsters could hold the key to Britain's industrial future. They form the youngest group of staff and executives at any Lancashire company and at Pioneer they really mean business. Pioneer is the Preston firm set up by the 16-year-olds at Fulwood High School under the Young Enterprise programme Photo: Archive

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Soccer mad schoolgirls Alison O'Donnell and Julie Norris got a first class reply to their letter to a local football club. The 11-year-old pupils from the Seven Stars Junior School in Chorley wrote to their favourite team (after Manchester United) Leyland Motors asking for pictures of the players. The club did better than that. They invited the girls down to Thurston Road where chairman Kevin Kirkby presented them with a colour photo of the Motors team before their match against Stalybridge Celtic

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Soccer mad schoolgirls Alison O'Donnell and Julie Norris got a first class reply to their letter to a local football club. The 11-year-old pupils from the Seven Stars Junior School in Chorley wrote to their favourite team (after Manchester United) Leyland Motors asking for pictures of the players. The club did better than that. They invited the girls down to Thurston Road where chairman Kevin Kirkby presented them with a colour photo of the Motors team before their match against Stalybridge Celtic Photo: Archive

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These spring chicks are alive and pecking thanks to the tender loving care of this proud group of youngsters at a Preston school. Class three at Kingsfold Primary School, Penwortham, have spent the past few months keeping a watchful eye on the chicks as they incubated. And a competition to find a name for the first one into the world helped raise money for the school's chosen charity - Action Aid

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These spring chicks are alive and pecking thanks to the tender loving care of this proud group of youngsters at a Preston school. Class three at Kingsfold Primary School, Penwortham, have spent the past few months keeping a watchful eye on the chicks as they incubated. And a competition to find a name for the first one into the world helped raise money for the school's chosen charity - Action Aid Photo: Archive

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