YOU might wonder what folk got up to on company outings back in 1914.

Well, here's what one chap did - he put pencil to paper and drew the scene and characters, so everyone would know, even 93 years later!

The event was the annual trip for workers of Ashton Frost and Co of Blackburn, when the office and foremen enjoyed an outing to Chester.

We think the firm was a steel foundry. This fascinating parchment, by an unknown artist, has come to us from David, who is grandson of Jimmy McVie, who can be seen above.

Underneath his caricature are the words: "Of course, you'll recognise Jimmy McVie. The downiest devil you ever did see."

Then there's "Ernest Maltravers, a pitiful wite, Has an apple each morning and another at night."

Or how about "This is the workhouse master who looks he likes good cheer, He never, never, is content until his belly's full of beer."

Meet, too, "He's Nichol' plated Tommy, A blacksmith by vocation. Barrow was his birthplace, but h...his destination."

We also like "You can tell Fred comes from the country, His jokes so old are they, He'd think nowt o'drinking somebody's beer, But twice before he'd pay."

Said David, who lives in Canada: "We think it's an absolutely amazing parchment, with tongue-in-cheek rhymes about the men on the trip.

"People in Blackburn might remember Ashton Frost, or be related to some of these people.

"I am sure readers will be very interested to see this."