Whatever your political persuasion and feelings about this week’s election result, historians of Britain will likely come to mark it as the end of one era and the start of the next.
Children of the 2000s were schooled in a very different social and economic landscape, entering adulthood after the 2008 financial crash and with 14 often-turbulent years of Tory rule which may have helped or hindered whatever dreams they harboured in their classroom days.
As we look at their faces through the Derbyshire Times archives, we wonder what became of them, where are they now, and how will the years ahead shape the future of their counterparts in 2024?
1. Derbyshire's class of the 2000s
2005 Bolsover C of E School Red Nose Fun Photo: Derbyshire Times
2. Derbyshire's class of the 2000s
Ozbox class at Parkside school with Danielle Newsum and Jenna Kemp. Photo: RKH
3. Derbyshire's class of the 2000s
Woodbridge Junior pupils Holly Perkins and Adam Davis turn French for the schools Travel day. Photo: RKH
4. SCH64113 Young designers Dayle O'Faherty and Elliot Turner recieve their prizes from Paul Goodliffe,Kevin Bradder,Alan Goodall and Chesterfield Mayor Chris Ludlow.
Tutpton Hall School students Dayle O'Faherty and Elliot Turner receive a design prize from Paul Goodliffe, Kevin Bradder,Alan Goodall and Chesterfield Mayor Chris Ludlow. Photo: RKH