Well look no further.
Here is a collection of our very best retro archive pics depicting Preston life back in the years of 1976 and 1977 - from young lads playing with conkers to Bing Crosby at Preston Railway Station, it truly was all happening in Preston back in those days...
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17. Bing crosby arrives at Preston railway station ahead of his sold-out concert at Preston Guild Hall on September 22, 1977
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19. Preston Golf Club member Alan Kennedy (centre) congratulates Martin Ward of Poulton-le-Fylde (left) and John Hewitt, of Hillside, for winning the two £50 prizes donated by his firm, Peter Marsh Paper Sacks Ltd, of Liverpool, for landing shots nearest to the pin at the first hole in the morning and afternoon sessions of the Lancashire PGA Championship
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20. Men employed through the Government's job creation programme digging up ancient tombstones in the grounds of Preston's Parish Church, to make way for landscaped gardens
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