There was plenty happening – sports, mock elections, music and arts and teachers retiring. One photo which epitomises the technology of the late 1990s was an electronic registration system which everyone was trying to get to grips with. Check out picture 23 – very retro!
1. Hodgson High 90s and 00s
Hodgson High School pupil and Frosties star Danielle Naylor, 1997 Photo: Mike Foster
2. Hodgson High 90s and 00s
Author Nigel Hinton with Emma Toole and Helen Poole in 1997 Photo: Mike Foster
3. Hodgson High 90s and 00s
Hodgson High School were Blackpool under 14 School Basketball Champions. Pictured back, from left, Michael Burrows, Paul Ogden, Mr Roy Blake (coach), Michael Jackson and Liam Price. Middle, (from left) Patrick Reilly, Paul Cook and Tim Atkinson. Front, from left, Philip Duhig, William Cooke (captain) and James Robinson, 1997 Photo: Bill Johnson
4. Hodgson High 90s and 00s
Hodgson High School pupil Mark Johnston who was the winner of the Police/EDS Trophy, 1997 Photo: Mike Foster
5. Hodgson High 90s and 00s
Hodgson High School headteacher John Bowers - who was retiring after 15 years in 1997 Photo: Bill Johnson
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Sam Taylor and Nicky Hoyland, who were both 12, taking measurements on an oil engine - which was at the school as part of Science, Engineering and Technology week in 1997 Photo: Bill Johnson