For many, it’s the best time of their lives, so here are a few nostalgic images of what school was like back in 1980s Preston…
9. Youngsters from St Peter's School in Fulwood, Preston struck up a good charity fund-raising deal with their teacher and scout master David Simpson... They collected the sponsors while he ran a gruelling 26 miles around the street of the capital during the London Marathon
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10. Teenage athlete Mark Howarth received the shock of his life when he went to school. In front of all his friends during morning assembly at St Cuthbert Mayne High School, Preston, headmaster Joseph Connelly told him: "You're off to Spain in a couple of weeks." For Mark, 14, has been chosen to represent Great Britain in the International Federation of Catholic Schools Games in Caruna
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11. Youngsters showed off their swimming skills in pursuit of a special award. Students from Preston's Moorfield and Elms Schools and Preston College have been training all term for the Amateur Swimming Association Bronze Challenge. The award demands a number of water skills and a 400-metre swim - all to be acheived without any rest and without touching the side of the pool. The keen swimmers are pictured
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12. School soccer teams from all over Lancashire descended on Preston North End's Deepdale stadium to take part in a festival of football. Do you recognise which school team this is?
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