Tea in the tub for members of Standish Labour Club at Standish Carnival on Saturday 4th of August 1979.Tea in the tub for members of Standish Labour Club at Standish Carnival on Saturday 4th of August 1979.
Tea in the tub for members of Standish Labour Club at Standish Carnival on Saturday 4th of August 1979.

RETRO: What was making the news in Standish back in the 1970s?

Carnival celebrations, sports awards, schools, a play group and drama groups among others kept our photographers very busy in the 1970s.
By Michelle Adamson
Published 16th Jan 2023, 12:30 BST

RETRO – 1970s

Retro 1978 - Coronation Street star Mavis Riley (real name Thelma Barlow) visits The Owl Inn Standish.

5. Retro 1978

Retro 1978 - Coronation Street star Mavis Riley (real name Thelma Barlow) visits The Owl Inn Standish. Photo: Gary Brunskill

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The Standish combined churches walk under way through the pouring rain on Sunday 24th of June 1973.

6. 1973

The Standish combined churches walk under way through the pouring rain on Sunday 24th of June 1973. Photo: Frank Orrell

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The Standish combined churches walk under way through the pouring rain on Sunday 24th of June 1973.

7. 1973

The Standish combined churches walk under way through the pouring rain on Sunday 24th of June 1973. Photo: Frank Orrell

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RETRO 1970 - A serious head on collision of a Ford Anglia and a Ford Cortina at Standish.

8. RETRO 1970

RETRO 1970 - A serious head on collision of a Ford Anglia and a Ford Cortina at Standish. Photo: staff

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