Do any of these bring back memories of your school days?

Do any of these bring back memories of your school days?

Take a nostalgic trip back to the classroom at Wakefield schools in the 70s, 80s and 90s

By Leanne Clarke

Published 26th Apr 2023, 16:27 BST

Updated 22nd Sep 2023, 11:35 BST

Take a trip back to the classroom with our gallery of pictures from Wakefield schools first published in the Wakefield Express in the 1980s and 1990s.

Do you recognise yourself, any of your old schoolfriends or teachers?

All photos are from the Wakefield Library Photographic Collection.

Do any of these bring back memories of your school days?

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Do any of these bring back memories of your school days? Photo: s

Normanton Woodlands Middle School holds a summer fair, 1979.

. Normanton Woodlands Middle School

Normanton Woodlands Middle School holds a summer fair, 1979. Photo: s

Wrenthorpe Primary School winning quiz team,1995.

. Quizzers

Wrenthorpe Primary School winning quiz team,1995. Photo: s

Freeston High School PE display, 1980.

. Freeston

Freeston High School PE display, 1980. Photo: s

Walton School pupils plant trees at Wakefield Power Station, 1990.

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Walton School pupils plant trees at Wakefield Power Station, 1990. Photo: s

Freeston High School, a cheque is handed over by the adjudicator of the SPAN project, 1980.

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Freeston High School, a cheque is handed over by the adjudicator of the SPAN project, 1980. Photo: s

Greenhill Infants School pupils plant a new garden, 1995.

. New garden

Greenhill Infants School pupils plant a new garden, 1995. Photo: s

Kettlethorpe High School prize giving, 1983

. Prize giving

Kettlethorpe High School prize giving, 1983 Photo: s

Walton Library holds a special storytime with a school class (Walton Junior School?), date unknown.

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Walton Library holds a special storytime with a school class (Walton Junior School?), date unknown. Photo: s

Kirkhamgate Junior School fund raiser for the Blue Peter appeal, 1995.

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Kirkhamgate Junior School fund raiser for the Blue Peter appeal, 1995. Photo: s

Kettlethorpe High School holds a careers convention and technology exhibition, 1983.

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Kettlethorpe High School holds a careers convention and technology exhibition, 1983. Photo: s

Normanton Woodlands Middle School holds a summer fair, 1979.

1. Normanton Woodlands Middle School

Normanton Woodlands Middle School holds a summer fair, 1979. Photo: s

Wrenthorpe Primary School winning quiz team,1995.

2. Quizzers

Wrenthorpe Primary School winning quiz team,1995. Photo: s

Freeston High School PE display, 1980.

3. Freeston

Freeston High School PE display, 1980. Photo: s

Walton School pupils plant trees at Wakefield Power Station, 1990.

4. Tree planting

Walton School pupils plant trees at Wakefield Power Station, 1990. Photo: s