And so why not take a trip back to those heady days by flicking through our best archive retro pictures from Preston between 1980 and 1984 - imagine Star Wars, old school education, and bustling shopping scenes and you're along the right lines!
9. 1980-1984 Preston
More than 300 young swimmers gave a sparkling performance at Preston and District Primary School gala. The event, staged at Preston's Saul Street Baths, proved a huge success and it was standing room only for proud parents and spectators | National World
10. 1980-1984 Preston
Members of the Preston Piranha Swimming Club synchronised swimming team, pictured with their coach - Mrs Marlene Irish (centre) and, from left, Liz Carter and Marion Aston, and back, Alison Orrell and Pam Stott | National World
11. 1980-1984 Preston
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 | National World
12. 1980-1984 Preston
The Neptune "nutters" have a head start when it comes to madcap capers. And to prove it, two regulars of the Preston pub on Strand Road had a hair-raising experience - all in aid of charity. Fitter Ian Walsh and Martin Kirkham, a poultry processor, had their beards shaved off by Preston's Festival Queen, hairdresser Julie Shorrock | National World