"I remember queuing for Star Wars!" 31 old school retro pictures of Chorley back in the 1990s
By Jack Marshall
Published 26th Sep 2023, 11:07 BST
Updated 5th Apr 2024, 17:22 BST
Take a trip back in time to the good old days...
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.
Howzat! Southlands High School in Clover Road, Chorley, is celebrating success after being recognised in the latest round of Sportsmark Awards from the English Sports Council. The Chorley high school was one of 51 in the North West handed the prestigious award devised to recognise committment to developing outstanding sports programmes Photo: RETRO
Children are setting up a bumper sale of signed football shirts and other goods in their bid to raise more than £1,000 for Derian House Children's Hospice in Chorley. They have approached their favourite football teams, including Preston North End, Blackpool and Liverpool, to sign shirts and footballs to be auctioned at Priory High School in Penwortham, near Preston Photo: RETRO
These feet were made for walking - youngsters from a Lancashire primary school went for a stroll on the sunny side of the street to highlight the advantages of using legpower to get around. Pupils from Bretherton Endowed Primary School, in South Road, Bretherton, near Chorley, undertook a sponsored walk as part of National Walk to School Week, organised by Travelwise through Lancashire County Concil Photo: RETRO