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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25. The Palace Shield juniors team (seated, left to right): S Bickerdike, Martin Pickles, I Birch, Stuart Proctor, D Horn. (Standing, left to right): S Jones, Steve Procter, C Wellings, David Pickles, J Fazackerley and D Smith. These chaps beat the Central Lancashire League juniors to win the Nigel Tench Trophy at Preston Cricket club's West Cliff ground.
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26. Brookfield Mill, Preston c.1980 Taken from the junction of Brookfield Street and Richard Street looking north east. Mouldtype Foundry is at far right Photograph by Beth Hayes (PHS) Image courtesy of the Preston Historical Society. www.prestonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/ © Preston Historical Society.
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27. 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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28. Dancing lads and lasses from St Peter's primary school kicked off the Broughton parish sports gala. Visitors to the Preston school were entertained with a dancing display to mark the opening of the annual event
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