The destination: Preston in 1983. Here are a few of our best archive pictures from life back in that heady era...
As one reader said: “God I miss the 1980s...”
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As one reader said: “God I miss the 1980s...”
![Members of the Haslam Park B team who won the Preston Ladies Municipal Bowling League](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjVhMTYwYzFiLWE0OGEtNGU0OS05MDVmLWNlMzVkNjQzNDNiZjo2YjNkMmIyNi04MGY0LTQ4NGEtYjU0Yi0yNTBjZGU0ZTQ5MWY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
41. 1983 Preston
Members of the Haslam Park B team who won the Preston Ladies Municipal Bowling LeaguePhoto: RETRO
![Preston's St Catherine's Hospice Fund benefitted by £100 at a charity auction. Mrs Sheila Tyrell (right), chairlady of the Preston and District Women's Auxiliary, is pictured handing over the cheque to Mrs Margaret O'Donoghue at the Golden Cross Hotel in Preston](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmEyMTFhNmRkLTNkMmItNGI0NC04ZTU2LTlhODIyYjUyYzFiZTo5MGRhMDY2Zi05YTdhLTQ0MDQtYjcwZC02NjY2MzY0YjZjYWM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
42. 1983 Preston
Preston's St Catherine's Hospice Fund benefitted by £100 at a charity auction. Mrs Sheila Tyrell (right), chairlady of the Preston and District Women's Auxiliary, is pictured handing over the cheque to Mrs Margaret O'Donoghue at the Golden Cross Hotel in PrestonPhoto: RETRO
![A team from Preston's emergency accident squad hit the charity trail pushing a hospital bed. The bed, decked with balloons and a bevy of nurses, was sent around town to raise cash to help buy a new ambulance](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmFkZjdiNDJjLWY1MGYtNDgzNi04ZTNmLTJkMzQ0YWU0ZGI3Mjo2ZjAyZDZmNy0xZjIzLTRkYjUtYTNmYi02MTM0Yzg0YzczM2Y=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
43. 1983 Preston
A team from Preston's emergency accident squad hit the charity trail pushing a hospital bed. The bed, decked with balloons and a bevy of nurses, was sent around town to raise cash to help buy a new ambulancePhoto: RETRO
![Pupils from the Sandham-Fitchett school of dancing in Grimshaw Street, Preston, waltzed away with 48 cups and 162 medals from three big competitions. Pictured are Kirsty Bell, Louise Wood, Zoe McLaughlin, Jill Ramsbottom, Martine Fitchett-Proll, Johanne Foster, Anette Foster and Susanna Boccaccio with some of their haul](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjcwZjc4ZjBkLTU1NWYtNGMxMS1iNWI4LWMwZWNkNDk2ZWEzOTo0MzJhMTE3Ny0xZTRmLTRiM2UtODczNS1jZWIxN2JkYjJhNGY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
44. 1983 Preston
Pupils from the Sandham-Fitchett school of dancing in Grimshaw Street, Preston, waltzed away with 48 cups and 162 medals from three big competitions. Pictured are Kirsty Bell, Louise Wood, Zoe McLaughlin, Jill Ramsbottom, Martine Fitchett-Proll, Johanne Foster, Anette Foster and Susanna Boccaccio with some of their haulPhoto: RETRO