And so, without further ado, here are some of our best archive pictures of Preston schools back in the 1970s and 1980s.
![Providing a Christmas treat for the passing throngs of shoppers requires a great deal of concentration, as well as huff and puff - as this pictures shows during Tulketh High School Band's carol outing to Preston Flag Market](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZjNGViNzI4LTY2NzAtNDA0NC05NmQzLTMwZGUxNzBiOTA2NToxNzhmYWYxYi0wYzRhLTQ4ZTItYTY5MC1hZGJkZWMxMGUxOGY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
33. Preston schools in the 1970s and 1980s
Providing a Christmas treat for the passing throngs of shoppers requires a great deal of concentration, as well as huff and puff - as this pictures shows during Tulketh High School Band's carol outing to Preston Flag MarketPhoto: RETRO
![A prize giving day event takes place at Tulketh High School,Preston
September 1978](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI0MjAzMWFjLTAwYzEtNGIxNC05NDg3LTk1ZmYwNjY0N2IwNDo5MDc5YTA3OS1lYTFjLTQ2MTUtYWQzNy0zYjBiZDRlZGI4NTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
34. Preston schools in the 1970s and 1980s
A prize giving day event takes place at Tulketh High School,Preston September 1978Photo: RETRO
![Preston Guild Hall boss Vin Sumner, PNE commercial manager David Bradshaw and PNE president Tom Finney with the collection of material submitted by four schools at Preston North End for the Dairy Crest Challenge. Pupils from Fulwood's St Cuthbert Mayne RC High School won the competition, which saw them write essays, short poems, produce pictures and then display them all](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQ3MDJmZWI3LTAzMzYtNDFiOS04MTZjLWY1NDQ0NWNiMzNkZTo1ZmVjNTlmMy1kZmVjLTQwNDAtOWVlMi1iZWYzNjZkYjVlMTQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
35. Preston schools in the 1970s and 1980s
Preston Guild Hall boss Vin Sumner, PNE commercial manager David Bradshaw and PNE president Tom Finney with the collection of material submitted by four schools at Preston North End for the Dairy Crest Challenge. Pupils from Fulwood's St Cuthbert Mayne RC High School won the competition, which saw them write essays, short poems, produce pictures and then display them allPhoto: RETRO
![Lancashire's education committee chairman, Coun Josie Farrington, rolled up her sleeves and started digging to mark the start of work on the new Ribbleton Hall High School in Preston. The youngest pupil Lee Froom cuts the first sod assisted by head teacher Ray McDonald and Coun Farrington](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmU3NzY1ODVhLWUxNDctNDZlYS04M2NlLTY2YmI1ODA3YjdlMzplNDhiN2YxYy0yNGY0LTQ0ODItOGJkNi03OWIxNzQxM2Y1YmM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
36. Preston schools in the 1970s and 1980s
Lancashire's education committee chairman, Coun Josie Farrington, rolled up her sleeves and started digging to mark the start of work on the new Ribbleton Hall High School in Preston. The youngest pupil Lee Froom cuts the first sod assisted by head teacher Ray McDonald and Coun FarringtonPhoto: RETRO