Celebrations, Comic Relief, celebrities and a comet! Here are pictures taken by our photographers of what was making the news in 1997.
By Michelle Adamson
Published 15th Jan 2023, 04:55 BST
RETRO – 1997
21. 1997
Some of the colourful chracters, from "Let's Party", fundraising by face painting, for the St John Ambulance, at their Greater Mancheter 1997 Year For Youth Birthday Extravaganza, held at Haigh Hall. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST