CHILDREN from St John's CE Primary School in Burscough celebrated harvest festival in October 1980 by taking a close look at where their food comes from.
Pupils went along to farmer Jim Hesketh's barn and sat among the bales of hay for the traditional autumn service.
After the sermon the children went on a tour of the farm to see how Farmer Jim worked. They enjoyed the trip so much they painted pictures about it when they got back to the school.
Baskets of fruit collected by the children for the service were then distributed to sick and elderly living near the school.
Dorothy Georgeson, who was deputy head at the time, said: "We thought this would be a little bit out of the ordinary. The fruit baskets were put on the bales of straw so it all blended in very nicely."
Children from another school in Burscough , Lordsgate CE, were also involved with people less well off them themselves.
This time it was youngsters who received the fruits of their labours as they raised £72 for Save The Children from their autumn thanksgiving service.
All the children brought in an item of food to be placed on the tables to highlight the plight of starving children in poorer countries.
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