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.
21. Community groups from one Preston area joined together to raise awareness about the links between poor health and environment. The Green and Healthy Avenham Day was a joint initiative between the Guild Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Lancashire County Council, Preston Council and the Avenham Ward Community Forum. Pictured: Farhana Munshi, 10, Humera Hassenjee, 10, and Nafisa Motara, 10, from Frenchwood CP School ready to paint their banner during the event
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22. Staff and pupils from Howick CE School in Penwortham, near Preston, left their usual clothes at home and donned fancy dress to help raise money for schools in Mozambique. Among the characters wandering around the Liverpool Road school were the Worst Witch, Little Red Riding Hood, Robin Hood, Superman and Batman, as well as a host of other fairytale characters and other ficticious and novel characters
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23. Parbold Festival action between Parbold Douglas Primary School and Our Lady's
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24. A Blackpool theatre company are putting on a production of the swashbuckling adventure Pirates of Penzance, 50 years after it was first performed. However, Thornton Cleveleys Operatic Society promise a whole heap of changes from the traditional version and say the new show will be spectacular. The cast held an impromptu dress rehearsal at Preston Docks where the good ship Zebu was moored
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