Those heady days will be remembered very fondly indeed by countless people, so why not take a trip down memory lane to transport yourself back in time to those distant but nostalgic days.
These pictures will have you saying ‘I miss the 1980s’ in no time.
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5. Andrew Newton presents a cheque for £200 to Preston Kidney Research Association chairman Ernest Goring before a football match at St Anthony's Sports Ground, Fulwood. A further cheque was presented for the Pope's visit later in the day by the lads from Fulwood Leisure Centre
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6. The big freeze has been an unexpected bonus for Preston's champion curlers. Instead of travelling to Lockerbie in Schotland, they have been able to practise on a frozen pond in Fishwick Bottoms. Preston Curling Club members, from left: Mike Thompson, John Kett and Ron Thornton
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7. Basketball is making great strides in and around Preston and a total of 12 clubs now compete every winter week in the Preston Basketball League. The most successful club is Penwortham - pictured above
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8. These boys landed a perfect score - a summer holiday with a difference. While their classroom contemporaries looked forward to sea and sand, they went back to school. The group were among 170 children from Preston, Clitheroe and Blackburn who signed up for lessons at Stonyhurst College in the Ribble Valley. Pictured: Archery teacher Allan Lovegrove gives Mark Haydock of Whalley some shooting hints
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