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?
29. Derbyshire's class of the 2000s
Inkersall primary school achievement award. Photo: Derbyshire Times
30. Derbyshire's class of the 2000s
The late Duke of Devonshire cuts a ribbon at Heathersage School. Photo: Derbyshire Times
31. Derbyshire's class of the 2000s
Bolsover infant and nursery school anti-bullying prize winner Ruby Redfern, congratulated by family, police, council and school staff. Photo: Derbyshire Times
32. Derbyshire's class of the 2000s
School children visit the old Derbyshire Times office. Photo: Derbyshire Times