Celebrations, Comic Relief, celebrities and a comet! Here are pictures taken by our photographers of what was making the news in 1997.
RETRO – 1997
17. 1997
The Rainbow guides from St. John's Church, Abram, who came top in a campfire singing competition at Abram CE Primary School in April 1997.
The girls aged between 5 and 7 competed against three other groups of Rainbows. Photo: Frank Orrell
Girl power was served up at Hope School, Marus Bridge, in aid of Comic Relief by nursery nurses Sharon Poole, Sharon Case, Deborah Maltby, Suzanne Scott and Jill Davies who did their impression of the Spice Girls in a special show on Friday 14th of March 1997. Photo: Frank Orrell
Down at the Shevington Library " Last Chance" Saloon the staff were busy raising cash for " Children in need" they are (left Catherine Grant Linda Lees Sheila Kirk Alan Corden Val Yates Chris Watts and Christine Rawlinson - 1997 Photo: JOHN LEATHERBAROW