Parents are furious that a lollipop patrol guiding school children across a busy Preston road is to be axed. Hundreds of children are safely helped across the junction of Tulketh Brow and Waterloo Road under the watchful eye of lollipop lady Mrs Wendy Proctor. But police experts have decided the twice-daily peak hour patrol is to go. Mrs Wendy Proctor is pictured above with some of the parents and children Photo: RETRO
Fit youngsters at a Preston school were put through their paces by members of the Army youth team. The team, based at Fulwood Barracks, Preston, visited Ashton High School and set up an exercise wth groups of pupils. More than 100 pupils took part in the half-day sessions Photo: RETRO
Pupils from 24 primary schools in Preston battled it out for the honours in an annual police-run knockout football competition held at Preston North End's ground in Deepdale. The final was won by Lea County Primary School who beat St Maria Goretti Primary School 2-0 Photo: RETRO
Youngsters from a South Ribble high school fell in for a taste of the Army life when they took part in a sponsored assault course to raise cash for the elderly. Instead of lessons, teenagers from Walton-le-Dale High School, were put through their paces by instructors from the King's Division of the Army, based at Fulwood Barracks, Preston Photo: RETRO