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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33. Easy-riders from Coupe Green Primary School, Hoghton, near Preston, passed their cycling proficiency test with flying colours, achieving a rare 100 per cent success rate. The top juniors proved that they can safely handle their bikes on a course organised by the district road safety officer
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34. A crack girls team have the Lancashire netball world in their hands after winning a top district tournament. The year 11 squad from Walton-le-Dale High School, near Preston, trounced the opposition to take the South Ribble Schools Netball Championship for the fifth year running. The winning team, from left, Debra Marginson, Nicki Butterworth, Kate Priest, Zena Jewell, Emma Parkins, Lesley McColl, Shirley Saumtelly and Louise Walmsley
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35. A South Ribble school's hockey team is the tops after thrashing the opposition in a seven-a-side competition. The under-13 team from Penwortham Priory High took part in the Preston and District Tournament and won the final against Garstang High School, 3-0. The victorious team is pictured above: Rachel Orton, Karen Learmonth, Adele Rawcliffe, Caroline Lightfoot, Sarah Smith; Lindsay Mekie, Shona Mekie, Kathryn Payne, Claire Lee and Karlyn Hinchcliffe
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36. The head of the first primary school in Lancashire to opt out of local authority control is to retire after 26 years in eduction. Mr Ian Nichol, of Newton Bluecoat School, Newton, near Preston is retiring after helping hundreds of children along the education path. He was given a surprise farewell party in the school grounds
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