Plenty of us will remember the celebrations as the year on the calendar ticked over from beginning with a 19 to a 20 as if it was just yesterday, but as is always the case, time marches on. With that in mind, here we’ve put together a collection of our best archive pictures of Preston life back in 1999 and 2000.
See if you recognise any familiar sights or faces...
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13. Pupils at at Preston school made a bid for stardom by performing to packed audiences with a production of the hit musical Godspell. All of the three shows performed by a cast of budding actors at Archbishop Temple School, Fulwood, were sell-outs
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14. Children at St Gregory's RC Primary School in Preston with their puppets
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15. Howick CE Primary School secretary, Pippa Sladen, with pupils from class 2 at the school in Howick, near Preston, practice for the their walking bus - the first in the county. The scheme is aimed at slashing rush-hour traffic outside the school and improving the health and wellbeing of the children
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16. The Shamrock Dancers who were to take part in Preston's mammoth European youth festival, PY2K
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