If you didn’t have it already, these joyous photos celebrating good times from days gone by should help give you that Friday feeling.
From the 1920s to the 1990s, they show people enjoying that Friday buzz or indulging in traditional Friday treats, like fish and chips.
A miner is pictured unwinding at the funfair after a hard week down the pits, two boys are seen getting a wheelbarrow ride home after a busy day in the fields, and exuberant schoolchildren are shown heading for the gates.
A glamorous grannies competition at Butlins, dominoes at the welfare club, and a triumphant homecoming for an Olympic legend feature too in this euphoric trip down memory lane.
National treasures Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger and brothers David and Richard Attenborough are seen getting in on the act in this retro photo gallery, and there are some celebrity high jinks at the BRIT Awards.
What’s your favourite thing to do on a Friday, and do these photos bring back any happy memories for you?
If you’re after more weekend nostalgia, here’s a look back at how we spent our Sundays in the 70s and 80s.
1. A hard day's work
Two young boys evacuated to a farm in Devon enjoy a ride home in a wheelbarrow after a day's work in the fields in August 1941 | Getty Images Photo: Reg Speller/Fox Photos
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2. School's out
Excited pupils ready to head home after a day at school in July 1968 | Getty Images Photo: Ian Tyas/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive
3. Triumphant homecoming
Eric Liddell is carried round the streets after his record-breaking victory at the 1924 Paris Olympics, an achievement celebrated in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire | Getty Images Photo: Topical Press Agency
4. Beatlemania
A group of girls bang and shout at the door of the Prince of Wales Theatre in London's West End, where The Beatles are rehearsing for the Royal Command Performance, in November 1963 | Getty Images Photo: B. Marshall/Fox Photos