From the Good Friday Agreement to the release of the first DVDs and the Ford Focus, it was a year that saw the ‘90s creep evermore towards the new Millennium, so here are a few of our best archive pictures from 1998 in Preston...
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1. Preston in 1998
Michael Kemp, manager of the Beat Street Cafe, Preston, with the new plastic bottles. Photo: John Hughes
2. Preston in 1998
Shooting for the stars .... Sam, Kelly, Sarah and Abbi of Preston pop group Foxxx who have just recorded their first single and appeared at Miss UK final. Photo: NEIL CROSS
3. Preston in 1998
Lincoln City V Preston North End Preston score their second goal. Photo: Iain Lynn
4. Preston in 1998
The weird and wonderful world of the Edinburgh Festival could be recreated in Preston. Students at the town's Cardinal Newman College are hoping to capture the excitement and atmosphere of the globally-famous arts festival when they present Nowfest, their own six-week-long extravaganza of music, theatre, dance and painting. Pictured above are some of the students taking part Photo: RETRO