And those good old days, in this case, are the late ‘90s in Chorley.
Here we’ve put together a collection of our best retro archive pictures of the town from 1995 to 1999, so take a look and see if you can spot any familiar sights or faces.
![April 1998: Taking it easy - Martha Forshaw with New Progress staff Avril Dalton and Dorothy Daggers at the launch of Shop and Mop.](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk1Njg4ZTcyLTQ2ZWQtNGMyOC05N2Y1LTIyMGZmZDA5ZmI1Njo2ZjU5ZDBjYy1jNTM3LTRmYjItOGNiOS01NjcyODY5OWJkNjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
25. 1995-1999 Chorley
April 1998: Taking it easy - Martha Forshaw with New Progress staff Avril Dalton and Dorothy Daggers at the launch of Shop and Mop.Photo: RETRO
![Dressed all in white, carrying their posies and all smiles on a lovely summer's day, these young ladies were photographed on the Chorley Walk of June 1995.](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjgxMzMwOTYyLTNiMTgtNDViMy04NjUxLWEyYmM2YWY1MDBiNTo0M2QwMjc4Mi1iY2RmLTQ4OTEtOGEyZC00NzM0Y2Q4ZjhlMDc=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
26. 1995-1999 Chorley
Dressed all in white, carrying their posies and all smiles on a lovely summer's day, these young ladies were photographed on the Chorley Walk of June 1995.Photo: RETRO
![Getting away from it all... pupils from Holy Cross RC High School, Chorley, take to the fells during a week in the Lake District, based at Castlerigg Manor youth centre, near Keswick](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmM3NDMyNmQ3LTI3NTgtNGM4Ni1iY2FlLTc0NmFjZjA0MzA5Zjo3NTIwNjA0Ny00YjY2LTQ0M2QtYmNlNi04OWNjNjVmZmFkNDI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
27. 1995-1999 Chorley
Getting away from it all... pupils from Holy Cross RC High School, Chorley, take to the fells during a week in the Lake District, based at Castlerigg Manor youth centre, near KeswickPhoto: RETRO
![Young readers at Brindle's Gregson Lane County Primary School, near Chorley, have hit the headlines after scoring a success in an Evening Post newspaper project. The successful young newshounds, pictured above, were rewarded for their efforts with Passport to Reading certificates](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmIzYmI3OGZiLTU2OWMtNDUwYi1iMWQ0LWQ2N2E3NDJkZDI5MTo4M2UwNTc2Yi0xYzY0LTRlMmEtYTM3MC04MjQ0YzQ4MzkwMGM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
28. 1995-1999 Chorley
Young readers at Brindle's Gregson Lane County Primary School, near Chorley, have hit the headlines after scoring a success in an Evening Post newspaper project. The successful young newshounds, pictured above, were rewarded for their efforts with Passport to Reading certificatesPhoto: RETRO