When three Newton schoolgirls missed the chance to see Princess Diana in Ulverston in 1987 they sent pictures of themselves to Buckingham Palace.
And their enterprise was rewarded with a thank you letter and photograph on behalf of the Princess of Wales.
FUN: Pupils Matthew Hull, ten, Adele Robb, seven, Carrie Fisher, seven and Josh Slee, eight, with Clyde from Baby Insane in 1995. The band was due to play at a rock night to raise money for computers at the school
Victoria Tyson, six, Alison Hope, six, and Nicola Sheldon, five, had been with a party of 32 children from Newton County Primary School outside Abbeyfield House, Ulverston.
But as more and more children arrived to watch the royal visit the three ended up not being able to see her. But they decided to write to the Princess to thank her for coming to Ulverston and making people happy.
A former pupil went back to Newton School in 1991 to inaugurate a new classroom.
Andrew Lodge, 11, who had moved to Dowdales School at Dalton, cut the tape at the entrance of the portable room, which had been installed in the school’s playground.
In 1995 a rock group was helping Newton School to raise money for its school funds.
FOOTBALL: Newton Primary School footballers after receiving a new team strip in 1996
Baby Insane was due to play a rock night at the Cavendish Arms at Dalton. The proceeds would go to raise money to buy computers for the school.
One of the parents, Diane Douglas, organised the rock event and asked the band to take part.
In 1997 Newton Primary School received a grant of £87,000 towards a new classroom extension
The grant came from the Department for Education and Employment and was part of the New Deal for Schools initiative, from which Cumbria as a whole had benefited to the tune of £600,000.
WORK: Alison Hope (left) and Nicola Sheldon, with the letter from Buckingham Palace that they and Victoria Tyson received in 1987
Work on the extension had begun in July and the school was hoping it would be ready for opening in November.
Headteacher Geoff Hudson said: "As well as a classroom, the extension will house new toilets and also a staff room and an office, which we haven't had up to now."
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