And, looking through some of our best archive pictures of life at a handful of Preston schools throughout the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, it’s easy to see why.
Be sure not to miss some of our other retro content such as…
Be sure not to miss some of our other retro content such as…
![Kirkham Grammar School's first XV rugby team played a team from Buenos Aires and won 24-10](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY0ZGVkNGI4LTJjYjEtNDE4ZC05YzE3LTAwN2E0MmRkMDczZTo5YjEwNTE0MS1hMWRjLTRmNzUtOGQxYy0wZTJmY2QzNzFhMjY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
25. Preston schools through the ages
Kirkham Grammar School's first XV rugby team played a team from Buenos Aires and won 24-10Photo: RETRO
![Brass Band at Fulwood High School
October 1975](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI0ZTgzNDQ3LWNmODgtNDUzYy1iMDQyLTZkNTFmMzQ4Y2I3ZDo2ZGFmZTA3ZS1iYTkyLTQ3NzUtYjcxMy01YTc0YWY5MmJjYzQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
26. Preston schools through the ages
Brass Band at Fulwood High School October 1975Photo: National World
![The pack power of St Brendan's College finally clinched the All England Schools Rugby crown for the Bristol school at Preston Grasshoppers. They scored two tries in both the semi-final and final of the tournament - against Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and Kirkham Grammar School respectively](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjMyNzA1NGI0LTY1M2YtNDU1Yy04ZjU4LWNjZGY3MDVjOTBlYzo0NDNlOTAwMC04ZmZjLTRhMWQtODhkOS00NTliZmU0ZDcyMTU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
27. Preston schools through the ages
The pack power of St Brendan's College finally clinched the All England Schools Rugby crown for the Bristol school at Preston Grasshoppers. They scored two tries in both the semi-final and final of the tournament - against Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and Kirkham Grammar School respectivelyPhoto: RETRO
![Darren Jacques and Howard Morton, students at St Cuthbert Mayne RC High School in Fulwood, with their mural of a space invader machine. The murals gave a colourful face-lift to a drab room at St Anthony's Youth Centre](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ5ZDk1ZTAwLWNlMDItNDY3MC1iOGM0LTEzNjMwOTY1ZWEzYzowMTIxNTRmMy1mNGFjLTQ5NjItOWFhNy1hOTE3NjM4NjMyMzk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
28. Preston schools through the ages
Darren Jacques and Howard Morton, students at St Cuthbert Mayne RC High School in Fulwood, with their mural of a space invader machine. The murals gave a colourful face-lift to a drab room at St Anthony's Youth CentrePhoto: RETRO