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.
17. Sheffield Boys Independent Grammar School
Sheffield Boys Independent Grammar School, The Tower, Brincliffe Crescent, Sheffield, in around 1977. Photo: Picture Sheffield/Dale Photographic Services
18. Abbeydale Grammar School for Boys
Abbeydale Grammar School for Boys (later Abbeydale Grange Secondary School), at the junction of Hastings Road and Abbeydale Road, Millhouses. Abbeydale Grange closed for good in 2010. | Picture Sheffield Photo: Picture Sheffield
19. Dr. John Bingham Primary
Dr. John Bingham Primary School, Batemoor Road, Jordanthorpe, Sheffield, in March 1968. It closed as the result of an amalgamation on September 1, 2003. | Picture Sheffield Photo: Picture Sheffield
20. Chantrey
Chantrey School and Oakes Park School, Hemsworth Road, Norton, Sheffield, in 1963 | Picture Sheffield Photo: Picture Sheffield