As the summer term draws to a close we’ve been dusting off the some year six leaver photos from almost 20 years ago. Most of these youngsters will have celebrated their 30th birthdays this year.

Will leaving junior school be their main memory of the year 2002? It started off on a positive note in Cumbria as the foot and mouth epidemic was officially declared over.

The Queen was celebrating her Golden Jubilee to mark fifty years on the throne.

In sport, England’s hopes of winning the World Cup were ended by a 2–1 defeat to Brazil in the quarter-finals.

A new girl band Girls Aloud was formed from five female contestants on the ITV talent show Popstars, The Rivals and had the Christmas number one with their single Sound of the Underground.