A dream came true for pupils and teachers at South Walney Junior School when their long-awaited school hall was opened in January 1994.
Furness MP John Hutton, county education director Pat Black, school governors, county councillors, officials, parents and former teachers were treated to a festival of song and dance by the 250 pupils at the school.
SCHOOL: Fourth year South Walney Junior School pupils with teachers Bryan Newman and Phil Bettney in 1987
Headteacher John Heap said he was delighted to see at the opening ceremony so many people who had helped to bring about the £200,000 hall and other facilities.
"It's a dream come true for us," said Mr Heap.
South Walney had been the largest school in Cumbria without a school hall.
County councillor for Walney South Alf Horne unveiled the plaque commemorating the opening.
Meanwhile, a new Age Concern project - Have You Heard This One? - was bringing elderly people and children together, The Mail reported in September 1994.
The scheme was being pioneered in South Walney Junior School and Askam Primary School.
GROWTH INDUSTRY: South Walney Junior School children planted sunflower seeds as part of a competition to grow the tallest in 1997. Pictured are Alice Heavyside, Daniella Atkins and Grace Williamson
With the help of a grant from Barclays Bank Action Resource Fund, Barrow Age Concern had taken on professional storyteller Marion Oughten for a term.
She had already been into the schools to tell the children stories.
Members of Age Concern went into South Walney and Askam schools to find out about the project.
Pupils from year six made a buffet for their visitors and served them tea and coffee.
Adrienne Poole, of Barrow Age Concern, said the meeting was for elderly members of the community to meet the children.
They would meet and talk about life when they were young and share stories from that time.
DANCE: Dancers at the opening of South Walney Junior School's new hall in 1994
It was hoped to run similar events in the future.
Mrs Poole said "We wanted to catch the children at the age when they are in the last year of primary school.
"The scheme is designed to bridge the generation gap."
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