This week we are looking at 1985. Do you recognise yourself or anyone else in these pictures? Let us know. READ MORE: Stories that hit the headlines back in 1985
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Kirkham Grammar School's first XV rugby team played a team from Buenos Aires and won 24-10 | jpimedia
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These eight table tennis players are hoping to put the North West on the map in a national competition. The pupils of Bishop Rawstorne C of E School, Croston, near Chorley, are through to the last dozen in the country. They are, from left to right, Louise Singleton, Caroline Moss, Jayne Green, Rebecca Davies, Andrew Eden, Terry Hoghton, Richard Singleton and Nicholas Golding | jpimedia
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Chocs away... for a stage show with the sweet taste of success. Hundreds of Lancashire schoolchildren will be thrilled by a new production of the classic fantasy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The English Touring Company has brought Roald Dahl's delightful play to the Grand Theatre in Blackpool as part of a nationwide tour. The cast is pictured above, led by Malcolm Ward who plays Willy Wonka | jpimedia
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Teenager Fiona Haworth often finds herself the centre of attraction with the lads... especially when it comes to making a splash in the swimming world. Fiona, 13, is the only girl in Lancashire playing competitive water polo. Fiona, of Factory Lane, Penwortham, stepped into the Preston Piranha under-16 side in an emergency, but is now a regular | jpimedia
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It's not everyone that gets an audience with the Pope, let alone perform a clog dance for him. But Sally Ann Lawless, from Poulton, did just that, as part of her Duke of Edinburgh gold award. She was one of several dancers who went to the Pope's summer residence - Castel Gandolfo - to present a programme of traditional dances | jpimedia
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Play scheme organisers got more than they bargained for in an effort to help parents during school holidays. Nearly 100 excited youngsters turned up on the first day of the week-long, free venture at Lancashire Polytechnic. The children, aged between five and 14, were kept busy at the huge "creche" with a variety of activities | jpimedia
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It's not everyone that gets an audience with the Pope, let alone perform a clog dance for him. But Sally Ann Lawless, from Poulton, did just that, as part of her Duke of Edinburgh gold award. She was one of several dancers who went to the Pope's summer residence - Castel Gandolfo - to present a programme of traditional dances | jpimedia
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Play scheme organisers got more than they bargained for in an effort to help parents during school holidays. Nearly 100 excited youngsters turned up on the first day of the week-long, free venture at Lancashire Polytechnic. The children, aged between five and 14, were kept busy at the huge "creche" with a variety of activities | jpimedia
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Staff from The Tickled Trout Hotel at Samlesbury, where Mrs Betty Fletcher has worked as a cleaner for more than 12 years, paid a toast to her as she prepared for her first-ever flight. The jet-set pensioner flew from Blackpool Airport in an all-expenses paid trip to the Isle of Man, paid for by her employers | jpimedia
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Eager beavers are proving right on the ball as far as top handicapped table tennis stars are concerned. For youngsters - aged from six to eight - from the 1st Broughton Beavers colony have taken on the back breaking job of picking up mis-hit table tennis balls during a fortnightly training session at Fulwood Leisure Centre. They are pictured with leisure centre administrative officer Barry Travis | jpimedia