Browse our collection of photos from school nativities in Norfolk in the 1980s and see if you can spot yourself or your children.

Eastern Daily Press: Blofield school nativity. Date: December 1981.Blofield school nativity. Date: December 1981. (Image: Archant Library)

When we were young, the school nativity was a festive highlight to end the year. It was an unmistakable sign that the holidays were coming.

Eastern Daily Press: Colman first school nativity in Norwich. Date: December 9, 1980.Colman first school nativity in Norwich. Date: December 9, 1980. (Image: Archant Library)

There were frantic rehearsals and itchy robes. We found bits of tinsel and glitter everywhere.

Eastern Daily Press: Beccles playgroup nativity. Date: December 18, 1988.Beccles playgroup nativity. Date: December 18, 1988. (Image: Archant Library)

Eastern Daily Press: Attleborough school nativity. Date: December 13, 1983.Attleborough school nativity. Date: December 13, 1983. (Image: Archant Library)

Eastern Daily Press: Watton Westfield Infants school nativity. Date: December 10, 1986.Watton Westfield Infants school nativity. Date: December 10, 1986. (Image: Archant Library)

Mary's little lamb went walkabout and one of the angels forgot their lines.

Eastern Daily Press: Watton Westfield Infants school nativity. Date: December 10, 1986.Watton Westfield Infants school nativity. Date: December 10, 1986. (Image: Archant Library)

Eastern Daily Press: Forest school nursery's nativity in Brandon. Date: December 8, 1981.Forest school nursery's nativity in Brandon. Date: December 8, 1981. (Image: Archant Library)

Eastern Daily Press: Carbrooke village school nativity. Date: December 19, 1985.Carbrooke village school nativity. Date: December 19, 1985. (Image: Archant Library)

Then the big night (or nights) arrived. Our parents piled into the school hall. Maybe they lugged in one of the earliest camcorders to record the performance.

Those shoulder-mounted monstrosities seem a dim and distant memory when we look at the technology packed into our mobile phones nowadays.

Eastern Daily Press: Walpole St Peter nativity in west Norfolk. Date: December 1982.Walpole St Peter nativity in west Norfolk. Date: December 1982. (Image: Archant Library)

Eastern Daily Press: Reepham Brownies at their nativity. Date: December 16, 1981.Reepham Brownies at their nativity. Date: December 16, 1981. (Image: Archant Library)

Eastern Daily Press: Middleton village school nativity. Date: December 13, 1984.Middleton village school nativity. Date: December 13, 1984. (Image: Archant Library)

And before you knew it the applause rang out and the curtain came down.

Eastern Daily Press: Beccles school nativity. Date: 1983.Beccles school nativity. Date: 1983. (Image: Archant Archive)

Soon term was over and it was time to embrace the magic and excitement of the Christmas holidays.

Eastern Daily Press: Nativity cowboys at Burgh Castle. December 20, 1982.Nativity cowboys at Burgh Castle. December 20, 1982. (Image: Archant Library)