Here are a few of our very best pictures from our archive from those heady years back in the early 1980s.
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1. Civic heads occasionally blow their own trumpets. But the Mayor of Preston, Coun Ted Butcher, has blown his in a good cause. He sounded the opening of a jumble sale at Roper Hall, Preston, in aid of the Preston Trumpet and Drum Corps. The Mayor and Mayoress are pictured (centre) with members of the "Green Rebels" at the official opening
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3. A tiny Preston school has won a reprieve in its fight to survive. Christ Church Infants School, on Fitzroy Street, due to close under the old Tory county administration, has had the threat lifted - for the time being. Pictured: Mrs Heather Blunt headmistress of Christ Church Infants School watches as the children jump for joy after the news of the school's survival
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4. Lines learnt, voices pitched, costumes made and props crafted - all that remains is for the curtain to go up on Preston St Augustine's youth club's annual panto. This year, it's the youngsters' version of Jack and the Beanstalk.
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