These pictures from The Gazette archives will bring back memories for former pupils of Hodgson High School in Poulton.
They were a sporty lot. Plenty of trophies and awards scooped for their skills in cricket, netball and basketball - an unusual school sport in the mid eighties.
One group of pupils donned their pit gear in February 1989 and headed off to the Chatterley Whitfield Museum at Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, as part of a general studies trip.
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Trophies presented to pupils at Hodgson High School by Peter Frost from Guide Dogs for the Blind. They had individually raised more than 20 each through a sponsored spell
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Girls swept the board in the Blackpool National School's Public Speaking Competition. Rebecca Walls (left) a pupil at Hodgson with Heather Andrews who won the junior and senior sections.
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Undergraduate Nicholas Law works with pupils at Hodgson as part of a scheme to attract good quality graduates into teaching
