THIRTY-TWO years have come and gone since Richard Curtis and Lenny Henry founded the Comic Relief charity.

In 1988, Red Nose Day was born, with the inaugural event raising £15m. Some 29 years later and the fundraising continues to go from strength to strength, with a further £71m collected on Friday night, taking the grand total over the £1bn mark for the first time.

The people of Furness have more than played their part in the fun and games over that time.

Whether it be a three-legged pub crawl by Howard Street College students or lying in a bath full of baked beans, Red Nose Day has certainly gone through some changes.

Health and safety would probably have something to say about cracking a concrete slab over your mate with a hammer, but spare a thought for Barrow sixth former, Paul Luddy, who had a full body wax courtesy of his fellow students.

In 1991, for Comic Relief Ian Marshall and Harry Melia found themselves on the receiving end of a game of "Soak a Taxman".