FIRE-FIGHTING troops at Fletcher Street Barracks got a gift of food hampers in January 1978.

The hampers were the result of a street collection made in the Longcauseway area of Farnworth. Susan Bessell, of Anvil Street, Farnworth, who organised the collection with her mother, Mrs Ethel Bessell, left, and their friends, Mrs Alice Taylor, of Newport Street,Farnworth, and daughter Michelle.

Receiving the hampers is Bombardier Paul Cross from Fletcher Street