A THEATRE pic from yesteryear could not be more timely.

Journey's End, a play set in trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne in 1918, towards the end of the First World War, was performed by Bolton Little Theatre in 1978.

The play given a glimpse into the experiences of the officers of a British Army infantry company.

The story plays out in the officers' dugout over four days from 18 March 1918 to 21 March 1918, the last few days before Operation Michael.

The play was first performed at the Apollo Theatre in London by the Incorporated Stage Society on 9 December 1928, starring a young Laurence Olivier, and soon moved to other West End theatres.

Pictured are, from left, Andrew Close, as Stanhope, Simon Bleakley, as Hibbert, Martin Ashton, as Mason, and Andrew McNish, as Raleigh.