And so what better way to mark the resumption of the school year than to look back on a few heart-warming pictures of Preston schoolchildren back in the 1990s. After all, all these kids will be in their 20s or 30 by now!
Still fancy another trip down memory lane? Take a look at a few of our other recent retro pieces...
17. 1990s Preston primary schools
Dean Kellett, six, Gemma Atkinson, 11, left, and Niall Hall, five, right, at the Our Lady and St Gerard's RC Primary School family fun day in Lostock Hall, near Preston Photo: RETRO
18. 1990s Preston primary schools
Up, up and away... Children from St Mary's and St Benedict's RC Primary School, Bamber Bridge, celebrate the beginning of National Library Week with a balloon launch at the Bamber Bridge Library, Preston Photo: RETRO
19. 1990s Preston primary schools
Checkmates, youngsters from Broughton and Amounderness CE Primary School who are in the Lancashire School under 9s and under 11s chess teams, from left, John Ranson, eight, Oliver Smith, nine, David Sparks, 10, Lorna Wearden, eight, Andrew Brown, nine, Thomas Smith, 11, and Sam Cornall, eight Photo: RETRO
20. 1990s Preston primary schools
Harry Dunn, four, (seated) as the Little Angel in the Fulwood and Cadley County Primary School Christmas nativity Photo: RETRO