Senior schools cup final of ’78

MOORHEAD High School beat St Christopher’s High School to claim the Hyndburn Senior School’s soccer cup.

The game was held in Great Harwood in 1978 and Moorhead triumphed 2-1 with their captain and midfield inspiration Keith Starkie being named ‘Boy of the Match’. The Moorhead team,

top, included: R Tarbuck, A Stevenson, C Walker, D Roberts, D Jackson, S Rose, K Starkie, S Greenhalgh, R Liversedge, W Ramsbottom and A Clark.

The St Christopher’s team, right, included: M Chippendale, J Young, M Aspin, S Hargreaves, M Bolton, D Johnson, P Woodhouse, D Whalley, K Macron, A Gardener and A Purvin.

More than 400 people attended the annual Platt Saco Lowell works dance at Accrington Conservative Club, below right.

Workers were entertained by Les Allen and his band and Brenda and the Trebletones.

Our final picture, below, shows award-winning apprentices Simon Brown and Stephen Hartlebury, with engine designer Alan Sutcliffe, at the annual awards in the Accrington and Rossendale College engineering annexe.