Pupils at South Walney Junior School enjoyed a literary fortnight in November 1993.
Children learned about fiction and biography writing and techniques used in writing poetry.
SCHOOL: Pupil John Burgess with firefighter Phil Hawthorne during a visit to the school by the Walney Brigade in 1992
Local history writer Alice Leach looked at the use of primary and secondary sources of information and writing biographies.
The children were then going to write their own biographies based on fictional figured from Furness Abbey.
Those figures would be brought to life in school by period actor Iain McNicol.
During the second week children would exercise their imaginations on the supernatural when Margaret Norton, author of Brantub, ran workshops on writing fiction.
Poet Neil Curry worked with the fifth year, training pupils to show other children the techniques they had learned.
All poetry would be judged and the best entry would win a specially donated plaque.
HISTORY: Furness historian and writer Alice Leach shows Walney pupils Cole Martin and Barry Nugent some items used by children during World War Two during a literary fortnight at the school in 1993
Headteacher John Heap said: "This is an entirely new idea for us. We wanted to bring in experts in specific areas.
"It is good for the children and also gives teachers ideas."
In 1992 Fireman Sam might have been the nation's number one TV firefighter, but the real-life firefighters (all volunteer part-timers) of Walney Brigade had their very own fan club.
Pupils at South Walney Junior School really got the VIP treatment when a shiny red fire tender complete with crew drove into the schoolyard.
The youngsters enjoyed sitting behind the wheel, dressed up as firefighters and discovered just what the brigade was all about.
The visit was part of a school project on transport over the years.
VISIT: Donna Bingham tries on a firefighter's hat during a visit to the school by the Walney Brigade in 1992
Two years later in 1994 pupils at the school were given a talk on how to survive a fire in their home by Cumbria Fire Service.
Sub-officer Howard Davis used a doll's house to show how a fire could spread in a house and then used a telephone to teach the children how to dial 999.
The fire service was giving talks to schools throughout Furness to teach the children about safety in the home and what they should do in the event of a fire.
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