Party to celebrate eight years of Bible Club

A BIBLE class celebrating its eighth birthday features in Looking Back this week.

Around 35 children from Baxenden St John’s Pathfinders marked the anniversary with a party in the church hall in 1977.

The picture (top right) was taken by Garth Dawson and shows leaders Rev E B Harding and Mrs M Jones with the Bible class.

Great Harwood Wellington football team beat Leyland Athletic to reach the final of the LFA Amateur Shield.

Held in front of one of their biggest crowds of the season, the team won 3-2 thanks to a brace from John Flynn and one from Dave Crump (pictured bottom right).

Bellringers at St James’ Church in Accrington are shown in our next photograph welcoming in the New Year (centre right).

On the back row are J Platt, E Benson, N Platt and R Leigh and on the front row are C Kinsella, K Spencer, K Wolstenholme, J Steele and G Heaton.

Hyndburn Mayor, Councillor Allan Critchlow, handed over ten mopeds at Rhyddings School in Oswaldtwistle at the launch of a road safety programme (bottom left).

The new mopeds were given by seven East Lancashire motor cycle dealers and used to teach driving techniques and road safety to secondary pupils.

Our final photograph this week (below) shows a presentation night at a Great Harwood Scout and Cub Group.

It includes Scout leader Mr G Knowles, treasurer Mr D Brown, Mrs S Brown, assistant Scout leader Mr D Monk, Miss K Hindle and Cub Scout leader Mr R Kerr.