"I've stepped into a time machine": 17 astounding retro pictures of Walton-le-Dale in the 1990s and 2000s
By Jack Marshall
Published 25th Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Updated 12th Apr 2024, 16:44 BST
1990 and 2009 can seem worlds apart...
Here we take a look back at life in Walton-le-Dale between the years of 1990 and 2009, so have a flick through some of our best archive pictures from those two decades below...
Doctors Andre Acebo, Gareth Jones and Jeff Schurr, and patients John McMenemy, Peter Cunliffe, David Thomas, Gillian Buck and Meriel Nutter, not forgetting Mr Bones, prepare to leave the Preston Health Surgery at Walton-le-Dale, as they took to the roads to support the cause of chiropractic care for back problems on the National Health Service Photo: RETRO
Veronica, 22, Natasha 21 and Anna Avlasova, 21 in 2009 during their visit to Delia and Tony Cowell in Walton-le-Dale through Medicine and Chernobyl Photo: Donna Clifford
Young musicians from Walton-le-Dale High School, near Preston have recorded a video to help show schoolchildren how to compose music. Pictured are, from left: Ian Hewitt, 13; Andrew Bayes, 12; John Sumner, 12; Paul Bird, 12; Clare Higgins, 13; Gavin Deadman, 13 and Alison Clark, 12 Photo: RETRO
Retro reader Frank Smith sent in this photo the Preston and District League, from the 1990's. Walton-le-Dales Sportsmans Dinner held in Leyland with their committee, Frank Smith from the P&DL, Paul Burke the Preston boxer, George Roper comedian second from left, and John Conteh ex world boxing champion, third from right Photo: Send In