Fat Sam's gang finally caught up with the slickest schoolboy in town, Bugsy Malone. But the "gunning down" of Bugsy was just part of the fun as youngsters at St Thomas More High School, Fulwood, look forward to their forthcoming play Photo: Archive
Litter bugs were ousted from Penwortham as local Guides and Brownies set about making their home a cleaner place to live. Teams of girls worked through the district armed with bin liners collecting all the rubbish they could find Photo: Archive
The schoolboy soccer starlets of St Gregory's are the toast of Preston. St Gregory's emerged triumphant from a spcial seven-a-side tournament featuring 16 local primary schools, sponsored by SSS Sports and held at Deepdale. Organiser Mick Baxter is seen handing the winner's prize to St Gregory's captain Chris Borwick. Looking on, from left to right, are the winners Keith Aspinall (coach), Paul Dean, Stephen Ratcliffe, Kevin Kilbane, Tommy Kirkby, David Lucas, Andrew Collins and Michael McGowan Photo: Archive
School dinners were never like this! Pastry was flying and lips smacking at a very special geography lesson for 30 primary school children. This is the fun way to find out about Italy, tucking into a good pizza. The children, eight and nine-year-olds from class 7 at St Theresa's Primary School, Penwortham, had gone along to Angelo's pizza restaurant in Avenham Street, Preston, to see how real Italian pizzas are made - and what they taste like Photo: Archive
The pulsating beat of the calypso helped to put Preston in party mood during the late Spring Bank Holiday. And these girls gathered in colourful costume to parade in the 11th West Indian-style carnival at Ribbleton and Deepdale Photo: Archive
Tulketh High School, Preston, enjoyed plenty of success at the Lancashire Schools Table Tennis Championships held at Clayton Green Sports Centre. The under 13s and under 16s girls teams managed to qualify for the Northern Area Final next January. The participating pupils are pictured Photo: Archive
A 24-hour marathon by members of Clayton Green sports centre squash club raised £850 for St Catherine's Hospice. Ten-year-old Lynsey Hetherington is pictured presenting the cheque to Mary Peel, of the hospice appeal, watched by other members of the squash club Photo: Archive
A group of young children have been beavering away to make a 450ft paper chain. They were sponsored for £100 which will be pledged to the Children in Need appeal. The 11 members of the 7th Preston beaver scout group, only six months old, have spent a month making the chain Photo: Archive
The glory days of the stage have been recreated by students from a Leyland college in a nostalgic look at the 1920s and 30s. The students from Runshaw Tertiary College presented Gershwin Cabaret, featuring hits from the shows including I Got Rhythm and Summertime Photo: Archive
A cheque for £500 has been presented by the Preston Pirates American Football Club to Yates Brothers Ltd to aid leukaemia research. The Pirates, who are sponsored by the Manchester-based company's Preston Grey Horse pub, raised the money when their biggest players pulled a 32-ton truck on a 10-mile tug around the town Photo: Archive
Twins Carla (left) and Kirstie Ellithorn (right) eating candy floss with their sister Cheryl (centre) at Preston's Spring Fair on the Flag Market Photo: Archive
A village hall resounded to the patter of tapping feet when youngsters took to the stage in a three-hour Dance Extravaganza, featuring ballet, tap, modern, jazz and majorettes. Goosnargh Dancers presented the show to raise money towards equipment for their ballet classes Photo: Archive
A day at the zoo proved to be a real winner for a group of Lancashire youngsters. Children from St Andrew's Primary School, Blackpool Road, Preston, have just been given a special award from the World Wildlife Fund for their outstanding efforts in a sponsored walk. A representative from the organisation came to St Andrew's School with a special shield which will now take pride of place in the main hall Photo: Archive
A soccer club which encourages youngsters to take up cricket held its first awards presentation. Preston North End players Stephen Wilkes and Shaun Allen went along to Brownedge St Mary's School in Bamber Bridge to congratulate the first graduates of the course held under the new Deepdale Community Programme. Pictured are Stephen (left) and Shaun presenting bats to Farouk Munshi and Mark Nicklin Photo: Archive
Litter bugs were ousted from Penwortham as local Guides and Brownies set about making their home a cleaner place to live. Teams of girls worked through the district armed with bin liners collecting all the rubbish they could find Photo: Archive
The schoolboy soccer starlets of St Gregory's are the toast of Preston. St Gregory's emerged triumphant from a spcial seven-a-side tournament featuring 16 local primary schools, sponsored by SSS Sports and held at Deepdale. Organiser Mick Baxter is seen handing the winner's prize to St Gregory's captain Chris Borwick. Looking on, from left to right, are the winners Keith Aspinall (coach), Paul Dean, Stephen Ratcliffe, Kevin Kilbane, Tommy Kirkby, David Lucas, Andrew Collins and Michael McGowan Photo: Archive
School dinners were never like this! Pastry was flying and lips smacking at a very special geography lesson for 30 primary school children. This is the fun way to find out about Italy, tucking into a good pizza. The children, eight and nine-year-olds from class 7 at St Theresa's Primary School, Penwortham, had gone along to Angelo's pizza restaurant in Avenham Street, Preston, to see how real Italian pizzas are made - and what they taste like Photo: Archive