THIS year saw the 51st Chester Raft Race take place in the city.
With a theme of 'space', people lined the banks on the River Dee to cheer on teams taking place in the annual charity event.
With this gallery, we go back even further, for the water fun in July 1988.
Raft teams battled each other and the river, in a great display of calamity and hilarity.
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Are you pictured in today's collection? Don't forget to tag any friends or family if you spot them.
Do you have photos from the past you would like to share? You can share them with us here.
Maybe you have photos of your town or village as it used to be? Let's see your then and now images, and hear about how things have changed.
You can submit your own snaps here or email claire.pierce@newsquest.co.uk
To see more photos from the Standard archives, check out our Local Bygones section.
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