While it can be hard to grasp at the time when you’re caught in a whirlwind of homework, teenage angst, petty drama, and an irrational hatred for physics lessons, your schooldays truly are some of the very best of your life - a time when you’re constantly hanging out with friends, having fun, and learning the lessons of life together.
With that in mind, we’ve put together a bumper collection of over 60 pics of Preston pupils at school back in the 1980s and 1990s. Take a look...
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37. A rousing cheer from the pupils at Fulwood and Cadley School who have raised £850 for charity. On hand to receive the money were Maureen Bentham from Barnados (left), who received a cheque for £550 from Saima Patel, and Cath Galaska, who accepted a cheque for £300 from Victoria Stainton in memory of a former pupil at the school. The gift will help the intensive car unit at the Royal Preston Hospital
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38. Pupils from 24 primary schools in Preston battled it out for the honours in an annual police-run knockout football competition held at Preston North End's ground in Deepdale. The final was won by Lea County Primary School who beat St Maria Goretti Primary School 2-0
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39. Preston youngsters sowed the seeds of their environmental project when they planted 60 trees in the school grounds. Parents of pupils at Sherwood Primary School, Preston, donated most of the trees to the project and helped out with the official planting ceremony
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40. Pupils in the lower classes at Middleforth CofE School in Penwortham, near Preston, employed brain power to raise over £1,000 for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Pictured: Susan Doley collects a cheqque from Rachel Abram, Stephanie Derbyshire and Ruth and Naomi Elliott
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