But some things never change with the passing of the decades….school photos, sports days and story-telling sessions are still going strong.
We’ve dug into the archives to chart life over 100 years ago in Chesterfield up to the 1970s, as seen through the eyes of its youngest residents.
1. 1900
Children at the Congregational Chapel on Soresby Street, Chesterfield. Photo: CH Nadin/Chesterfield Library
2. 1904
Children on Glumangate, Chesterfield, caught on camera. Photo: CH Nadin/Chesterfield LIbrary
3. 1910
Children near the Royal Oak pub in The Shambles. The street was named after the Fleshamols on which butchers laid out the meat for sale in the 1400s. Photo: CH Nadin/Chesterfield Library
4. 1910
Children and their parents at Chesterfield Grammar School's sports day. Photo: CH Nadin/Chesterfield Library