Those memories will never fade but the schools in which they were created have in many cases closed, changed their name over the years or been demolished.
This retro photo gallery shows some of Sheffield’s lost schools of the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s.
The schools pictured include Myers Grove School, Gleadless Valley Secondary School, Westfield Secondary School, Wisewood Secondary School, Firth Park Grammar School and Park House School, among others.
As well as the buildings themselves, some of the images show the pupils and teachers who worked there, with youngsters seen in the playground and in the kitchen for a domestic science lesson.
What are your abiding memories of the schools pictured, or other schools which have closed over the years?
All the photos featured are shared courtesy of Picture Sheffield.
9. Westfield Secondary School
Westfield Secondary School, on Westfield Crescent, Mosborough, Sheffield. The building, where Def Leppard played their first ever gig on July 18, 1978, was demolished in 2007 and replaced with a housing estate. Westfield School is still going strong today at its new home on Eckington Road. | Picture Sheffield/Taylor Richardson Associates Photo: Picture Sheffield/Taylor Richardson Associates
10. Park Hill Primary School
Park Hill Primary School, on Duke Street, Sheffield, in February 1993. It closed in 2006 due to falling pupil numbers and was demolished the following year. Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers
11. Park House School
Park House School, on Bawtry Road, Tinsley, Sheffield, in February 1975. Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers
12. Firth Park Grammar School
Firth Park School Grammar School (originally The Brushes), on Barnsley Road, Sheffield, in March 1963. Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers