Penwortham County Secondary School is crawling with rats. A nicer breed of vermin you couldn't find thorugh. The rats are all girls at the school who are taking part in a modern drama at the school called Rats, which is loosely based on the poem The Pied Piper of Hamlin. Pictured above, from left to right, are Philip Ridsdale, Andrew Slinger and Brenda Kirk Photo: RETRO
The cub scouts of St Oswald's, Preston, take their camp fire singing seriously and they will need plenty of practice over the next two years if they are to hang on to the trophy they collected at the musical "cuboodle" for North West Lanashire cubs at Penwortham Secondary School Photo: RETRO
Pupils at Whitefield Road Primary School, Penwortham, Preston took a trip back into the Middle Ages and were faced with witches, wizards and two-headed monsters in their quest to find a mystical apple. The school was visited by the Bijon Travelling Theatre and Golden Apple was the title of their play Photo: RETRO