Sheffield retro: 16 nostalgic photos bring back schoolday memories from the 1990s

They say your schooldays are the best of your life.

By Jane Salt

Published 7th Mar 2024, 05:00 BST

So, we’ve delved into our archives to find this colourful gallery of photos taking a look back at local children enjoying school in the 1990s.

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School productions, a fashion show, netball champions and much more are featured in our retro gallery.

Can you see yourself or anyone you know?

Enjoy taking a trip down memory lane.

Dorothy Bell, retiring headteacher of Mansel Primary, is pictured with some of the pupils from the school, July 1996

1. Mansel

Dorothy Bell, retiring headteacher of Mansel Primary, is pictured with some of the pupils from the school, July 1996 Photo: Barry Richardson

Pictured at Ballifield Primary School, Handsworth Grange Road, Sheffield, where pupils are seen performing an Elizabethan dance under the director of dance, Sarah Armitage, May 13, 1997

2. Elizabethan dance

Pictured at Ballifield Primary School, Handsworth Grange Road, Sheffield, where pupils are seen performing an Elizabethan dance under the director of dance, Sarah Armitage, May 13, 1997 Photo: Waistell staff

It's Apple Day at Ecclesfield Primary School and seen tucking into a variety of apples are Matthew Monfrede, Katy Herne, Jessica Johnson and Daniel Tuxford, October 21, 1997

3. An apple a day...

It's Apple Day at Ecclesfield Primary School and seen tucking into a variety of apples are Matthew Monfrede, Katy Herne, Jessica Johnson and Daniel Tuxford, October 21, 1997 Photo: Barry Richardson

Sheffield Girls High School netball under-13 Sheffield champions: Alicia Pullan, Eve Crawshaw, Hannah Thomas, Hannah Garnett, Francesca Nicholson, Stephanie Dalton, Michelle Daniel, Michelle Petryshyn and Elizabeth Stockley, February 1997

4. Netball champs

Sheffield Girls High School netball under-13 Sheffield champions: Alicia Pullan, Eve Crawshaw, Hannah Thomas, Hannah Garnett, Francesca Nicholson, Stephanie Dalton, Michelle Daniel, Michelle Petryshyn and Elizabeth Stockley, February 1997 Photo: Paul Chappells

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