Students at Barrow Sixth Form College have shown themselves to be an innovative bunch and The Mail has often been there to see the results of their work.

Some colour was brought to a dull day in 1994 when A-level textile and art students showcased their clothes designs.

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The course was only in its second year at the college, but an array of imaginative coats, dresses, trousers, jackets and hats had already been modelled during a fashion show and another was being planned by choreographer and sociology tutor Sue De Gruyther.

The designs included a jazzy patchwork pair of trousers that had been painstakingly sewn together by Ireleth's Eleanor Postlethwaite and a wedding dress made of scraps of different kinds of white and cream material by Millom's Susie Helme.

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At that year's prizegiving awards night, Miss Helm was given the Prize for Art.

In 1997, the college installed a state-of-the-art security system that would make thieves and vandals think twice about breaking in during the summer break.

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Five spy cameras were installed at various points of the school perimeter and they were linked to a monitor that could record images 24 hours a day.

Estate director Fred Marshall said: "Hopefully this will act as a deterrent to people. We don't have many break-ins but you never know."

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The textiles course continued to be a success, with its five-year anniversary being marked by a fashion show that was presented by 'Granada Tonight' co-anchor Elaine Wilcox.