Five young hockey players from Morecambe High School who have been selected to play for the Lancashire schools team (from left): Rachel Anderton, Susan Bowness, Alison Glover, Sally Thompson, and Suzanne BriggsFive young hockey players from Morecambe High School who have been selected to play for the Lancashire schools team (from left): Rachel Anderton, Susan Bowness, Alison Glover, Sally Thompson, and Suzanne Briggs
Five young hockey players from Morecambe High School who have been selected to play for the Lancashire schools team (from left): Rachel Anderton, Susan Bowness, Alison Glover, Sally Thompson, and Suzanne Briggs

Nostalgia in pictures: Here's 14 pictures taking you back in time to 1980 in Morecambe, Garstang, Fleetwood and Lytham

Step back in time to 1980 and see what ordinary folk were getting up to.
By Naomi Moon
Published 25th Aug 2022, 04:55 GMT

Transport yourself all the way back to 1980 with this nostalgic look back at life on the Fylde Coast. Do these pictures bring back memories for you? Let us know. READ MORE: Go back to 2010. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Pictures from 2009. MORE MEMORIES: Nostalgia from 2008

The world may watch the Russian and Romanian gymnasts and gasp in wonder and admiration. But the Garstang gymnasts have a lot more fun. Garstang Gymnasts Club is a typical example of the many clubs which have sprung up around the country and is run by a team of dedicated volunteers. Pictured: Eleven-year-old Laura Bolton demonstrates a cartwheel to the other members of the club

1. Fylde Coast in 1980

The world may watch the Russian and Romanian gymnasts and gasp in wonder and admiration. But the Garstang gymnasts have a lot more fun. Garstang Gymnasts Club is a typical example of the many clubs which have sprung up around the country and is run by a team of dedicated volunteers. Pictured: Eleven-year-old Laura Bolton demonstrates a cartwheel to the other members of the club Photo: Archive

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From the last days of the Great War in 1918, retired farmer Johnny Stuart has beaten a furrow from home in Forton to the doors of the Patten Arms, Winmarleigh, near Garstang, every night of the week. And to celebrate this and his 80th birthday he has been given the ultimate accolade by licensees Peter and Liz Strawn - a free pint every night for the rest of his life! He is pictured with other regulars at a birthday party held in his honour

2. Fylde Coast in 1980

From the last days of the Great War in 1918, retired farmer Johnny Stuart has beaten a furrow from home in Forton to the doors of the Patten Arms, Winmarleigh, near Garstang, every night of the week. And to celebrate this and his 80th birthday he has been given the ultimate accolade by licensees Peter and Liz Strawn - a free pint every night for the rest of his life! He is pictured with other regulars at a birthday party held in his honour Photo: Archive

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Trevor Wiper stood defiantly at the helm of his stricken yacht and refused to admit defeat. That is because he took seven years to build the ketch, called Water Baby, after quitting his car parks business. He is pictured above with his crew - brother Jim, and friend Mike Platt - at Fleetwood docks

3. Fylde Coast in 1980

Trevor Wiper stood defiantly at the helm of his stricken yacht and refused to admit defeat. That is because he took seven years to build the ketch, called Water Baby, after quitting his car parks business. He is pictured above with his crew - brother Jim, and friend Mike Platt - at Fleetwood docks Photo: Archive

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Young lads met their sporting superstars... and took them on at their own game. Top players from Everton, Preston North End and Bolton joined the boys from Garstang High School for a kick about at the school's gala. Martin Hodge, Alan Gowling, Geoff Nulty and Alex Bruce made the annual gala a day never to be forgotten for the youngers

4. Fylde Coast in 1980

Young lads met their sporting superstars... and took them on at their own game. Top players from Everton, Preston North End and Bolton joined the boys from Garstang High School for a kick about at the school's gala. Martin Hodge, Alan Gowling, Geoff Nulty and Alex Bruce made the annual gala a day never to be forgotten for the youngers Photo: Archive

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Queen Mary School in Lytham, have good reason for festivities. They have three girls in the North of England Under 19 hockey team. They are Jane Cowburn, 14, who is listed as a reservist, Louise Butler and Susan Haigh, both 16

5. Fylde Coast in 1980

Queen Mary School in Lytham, have good reason for festivities. They have three girls in the North of England Under 19 hockey team. They are Jane Cowburn, 14, who is listed as a reservist, Louise Butler and Susan Haigh, both 16 Photo: Archive

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Twenty-two women from the Hest Bank Hotel marched 10 miles along Lancaster canal to earn £350. Part of the cash will buy badly-needed kit for Hest Bank FC, near Lancaster. The rest will be sent to buy a unique device to be used to lengthen legs at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. A similar device has been used successfully to get nine-year-old Andrew Procter of Coastal Road, Hest Bank, walking again. Andrea is pictured with volunteers at the start of the walk

6. Fylde Coast in 1980

Twenty-two women from the Hest Bank Hotel marched 10 miles along Lancaster canal to earn £350. Part of the cash will buy badly-needed kit for Hest Bank FC, near Lancaster. The rest will be sent to buy a unique device to be used to lengthen legs at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. A similar device has been used successfully to get nine-year-old Andrew Procter of Coastal Road, Hest Bank, walking again. Andrea is pictured with volunteers at the start of the walk Photo: Archive

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