This selection of pictures from the Evening News archives will bring back memories for many.
Scroll through the photos of schooldays 40 years ago to recall O-grade exams, football teams, centenaries and prize-givings, as well as protests against closures and the early success of a future star.
![Secondary school children from Edinburgh's Royal High School after their prize-giving ceremony in July 1981.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/20/8/04/onecms_c0299df1-7bca-4ef7-bc38-77128c2b2dac.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. Royal High prize-giving
Secondary school children from Edinburgh's Royal High School after their prize-giving ceremony in July 1981. Photo: Albert Jordan
![Nether Currie primary school football team in January 1980.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/20/8/40/onecms_5cec0913-4455-4b9d-8da6-55a74d39e07c.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
2. Nether Currie football team
Nether Currie primary school football team in January 1980. Photo: Joe Steele
![Secondary school pupils work with the latest Apple II computers at the Wester Hailes Education Centre (WHEC) in Edinburgh, October 1980.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/20/8/46/onecms_e87ae233-e864-4e76-95aa-28171baaa024.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
3. Latest technology 1980-style
Secondary school pupils work with the latest Apple II computers at the Wester Hailes Education Centre (WHEC) in Edinburgh, October 1980. Photo: Alan Macdonald
![Exterior of South Bridge primary school behind James Thin book shop in Infirmary Street Edinburgh, January 1980.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/23/10/59/onecms_c734b00f-5c0d-4116-8a15-4cad163ffcc1.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
4. South Bridge Primary School
Exterior of South Bridge primary school behind James Thin book shop in Infirmary Street Edinburgh, January 1980. Photo: Crauford Tait