And judging by these photos of kids at a variety of Preston high schools that sentiment certainly rings true. This collection of images are all from the 1990s and features schools like Our Lady’s High School, Tulketh High School and Longridge High School, amongst others. Are you in any of them? Let us know. READ MORE: More pictures of Preston high school teens. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The ugliest buildings in Preston – as suggested by you. MORE MEMORIES: Look back at life on Cheapside in Preston through the years
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Four pupils from Fulwood High School, Preston, have been accepted by the Manchester Youth Theatre. Pictured (left to right) are three of them: Darren Jackson,16, David Kirkham, 14, and Rosanna O'Sullivan, 15 Photo: Lindsey North
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John Guinness, chairman of British Nuclear Fuels, and Peter Wilson of British Aerospace, meet pupil Felina Merrifield at Moor Park High School in Preston all the way back in 1996 Photo: Lorne Campbell
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Chairman of the North Lancashire Health Authority Ron Parkinson (centre left) and consultant in public health medicine Dr Anthony Sudell, present prizes to local Preston schools who beat other schools in Lancashire at a Science Week competition. Pictured receiving their prizes are pupils from St Cecelia High School, Broughton High School and Ashton High School Photo: Darren Andrews
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Our hero.... Students Amber Abdellah and Karen Heywood meet Another Level singer Christian Fry at Tulketh High School in Ingol, Preston back in 1998 Photo: Iain Lynn