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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5. The first ladies' wrestling march to be staged in Preston - at the Guild Hall. The match was between Klondike Kate and Miss Mitzi Mueller. Eventual winner - Miss Mitzi Mueller
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6. Preston lecturer Bob Durham finished a sponsored marathon... then went round the pubs to collect still more cash for a mountain rescue team. Only a couple of hours after finishing the 26-mile Blackpool course in three hours 24 minutes, Bob was out with a collecting tin. Bob, 46, of Roseacre, South Shore, Blackpool is pictured above with his wife and son
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8. More than 1,000 teenagers invaded Preston during the weekend - but their mission was a peaceful one. The town played host to this year's autumn weekend organised by the Methodist Association of Youth Clubs. Youngsters from all over the country took advantage of bright weather to dance, sing, worship and make friends
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