From the Archives pre 1998

Drama students from a Lancashire college are rehearsing hard for a showpiece song and dance extravaganza at a top Blackpool theatre. The fast-moving and colourful Bright Lights 89 Show by the Blackpool and Fylde College youngsters will be packed with...

The biology department team at Carr Hill High School, KirkhamUpload Date: 27 Feb 2020Original Filename: 1989 Feb 28 - Biology dept team at Carr Hill High SchooStore Filename: 38554546.jpgByline: RETROKeywords: 1989 Feb 28 Biology dept team at Carr Hill...

A female body lies in the garbage of a respectable country house, her head hacked off. The murderer is cunning and is about to strike again. And so goes the plot of the Emlyn Williams play Night Must Fall, presented at the Grand Theatre in...

Toddler Dane Southworth is a baby in one hundred - and it could earn him a £1,000 prize. The 17-month-old youngster has reached the semi-final stages of the national Boots Baby of the Year contest. Mother Mrs Tracey Southworth, of Forest Gate, Blackpool,...

Master magician Richard De Vere finally got to the point while demonstrating his latest trick. But 21-year-old Richard suffered from a stabbing pain to the back and torn clothes as his impaling illusion went wrong four times when his assistant tried to...

All dressed up and ready for action - the victorious Rossall school rugyb team line-up before the crucial clash with Newcastle RGS at Preston Grasshoppers. They won 7-0Upload Date: 27 Feb 2020Original Filename: 1989 Feb 22 - Rossall school rugby at...

Residents of a Lancashire town took the streets to protest at plans for a high-security prison to be built on their doorsteps. Fylde RAP Residents Against the Prison braved the rain to tour round the centre of Kirkham collecting signatures for a petition...

A red rose for a well-read customer was the order of the day at a special St Valentine s party in Kirkham. Pledgers News on Poulton Street was visited by the Evening Post promotions girls, waiting to hand out red roses - supplied by Clifton Garden Centre...

Blackpool schoolboy Paul Smith was born without enough oxygen 12 years ago. But despite a life handicapped by cerebral palsy he has overcome his difficulties and in turn has collected an award as a Child of Achievement. Another pupil at Highfurlong...

Michelle Miller, six, bites off more than she chew, assisted by Liverpool magician Challoni at Blackpool Magic Convention at the resort s Winter GardensUpload Date: 19 Feb 2020Original Filename: 1988 Feb 28 - Magic convention Blackpool.JPGStore Filename:...

A Preston-born doctor has just returned more than 4,000 miles to start a new job. Dr Christopher Dickson has joined a Kirkham practice on the retirement of Dr John Parry after more than 15 years in the town. Dr Parry is pictured above saying farewell to...

Birthday boy Les Dawson smacked a real Cosmo kiss at Britannia as he cut the tape at a seaside savings office. The Lancashire comedian celebrated his 55th birthday as he opened Blackpool s first Britannia building society in Clifton Road. Lucky Britannia...