The 1990s was a famously nostalgia-tinted time for many people. Add into the mix the fact that out school years are some of the very best in our lives, this gallery of retro pictures of students and teachers at Preston schools back in the late 90s is sure to provoke a few smiles.

17. Pupils at a rural Lancashire school are waving the green flag for the environment after winning a national energy saving competition. Great Eccleston Copp CE School, near Preston, took top science honours in the Powersavers competition and picked up a trophy and £750 cash prize for the school. Pictured (from left): Stephanie Ball, Rebecca Holder, Emma Lowe and Thomas Bamber
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18. Book lover Theresa Wright has struck gold. The eight-year-old from Abbot Meadow, Penwortham, Preston has just picked up a gold award from Preston's Harris Library after reading 85 books. Theresa, who attends St Joseph's School on Garstang Road North, Wesham, received the accolade just one year after enterting the reading scheme
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19. PHOTO IAN ROBINSON Longridge High school year 10 pupil, Richard Ireland, 15, test drives the BSM simulator in Preston.
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20. PHOTO JOHN HUGHES The full cast of the pantomine Snow White at the Guild Hall, Preston.
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