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?
9. Derbyshire's class of the 2000s
Sponsored skippers from Brampton Primary School, Molly Bradbury, Megan Hall, Chloe Fynney, Gracie Bradbury and Aaron Sears. Photo: RKH
10. Derbyshire's class of the 2000s
The cast of A Midsummer Nights Dream at Buxton Community School. Photo: Jason Chadwick
11. Derbyshire's class of the 2000s
A seal of approval for Barlow Primary School Photo: Derbyshire Times
12. Derbyshire's class of the 2000s
A glowing report from Ridgeway Primary School. Photo: Derbyshire Times