THESE two pictures have been sent to me by Mrs Kath Kay (nee Calland), of Ashness Close, Horwich. The first is of Mr Lomax's class taken in 1960 at Blackrod Secondary Modern School. Those shown are, back row from left, Brian Parkinson, Robert Hodgkins, James Makinson, Robert Ince, Geoffrey Sharrock, Peter Gee, John Ashworth, Roger Cox, Roy Isherwood.

Next to back row: Raymond Evans, Michael Ainscough, Clifford Moss, David Settle, Geoffrey Hill, Harold Mather, Archie Beveridge.

Next to front row: Cliff Moss, Sandra Murray, Margurite Chell, Elysia Charnock, Kathleen Pimbley, June Cottom, Pat Naylor, Delsie Poxon, Jack Mather.

Front row: Kathleen Calland, Linda Smith, Anita Yates, Anne Kendall, Lynda Smith, Alida Bailey, Marion Lord, Barbara Speak, Christine Tweats.

The other, is of Mr Speak's class at Blackrod Church School in 1956, and Mrs Kay identifies those on it as Christine McCourt, Gerald Kay, Susan Heaton, Valerie Simm, Elysia Charnock, Joan Hargreaves, Veronica Cunningham, Eileen Burns, Kathleen Farrar, Irene Ashurst, Kathleen Calland, Delsie Poxon, Lynda Smith, Robert Hodgkins.