We’ve dug through the archives to bring you some of the very best pictures showing everyday life and the things people were getting up to back in 1997 in Morecambe, Lytham, Garstang and Fleetwood. Are you in any of the pictures? Let us know. READ MORE: Go back to 1996 on the Fylde Coast. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Life on the Fylde Coast in 1995. MORE MEMORIES: Return to 1994 and see what was happening on the Fylde Coast back then
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1. Fylde Coast in 1997
The team of four Penelope Pitstops - Carolyn Collinson, Ann Tripney, Pam Till and Beverley Helme, who took part in the go kart grand prix in Garstang Photo: Garth Hamer
2. Fylde Coast in 1997
Children at St Edmunds School, Fleetwood, recording a cassette for a school project. Pictured (from left): Charlotte Harding. Natalie Busehini, David Scott, Sam Robinson, with fellow classmates Photo: Dave Nelson
3. Fylde Coast in 1997
Firefighters from Fleetwood Station trying out an 1898 Shand-Mason horse-drawn engine at Tram Sunday Photo: Rob Lock
4. Fylde Coast in 1997
Fleetwood Ladies Rugby Team preparing for their game against Ormskirk Photo: Bill Johnson