TODAY, we are turning the clock back 85 years, to show an old school photograph from 1930.

These youngsters are from St John’s School in Padiham and made up Standard VI. In the background is Mrs Berry and the class teacher on the right was Miss Crompton.

We have the children’s names, maybe you recognise a parent or grandparent from the days when they were no more than youngsters?, On the back row, from the left are: J Egan;, S Hitchon;, T Barker;, M O’Neil;, H Wiggan;, J Begley;, T Jones and J Grimshaw.

Next row down shows: K Egan;, J Rawcliffe;, A Kelly;, E Wilkinson;, K Norton;, V McGough;, E Warren;, K Bancroft and E Fullalove.

Next row: L McGough;, J Duxbury;, N Askey;, E Hope;, W Lawless;, M Hesketh and A Doherty.

On the front row, the four smiling lads, who look as smart as those on the back row, with their waistcoats, collars and ties, are: R Pate;, F Ormerod;, T Butterworth and F Towers.

n 1930 was the year the Mickey Mouse comic strip made its first appearance. Mahatma Gandhi began a campaign of civil disobedience in British-ruled India and the British airship R101 crashed in France en route to India on its maiden long-range flight, resulting in the loss of 48 lives.

Haile Selassie was crowned emperor of Ethiopia and the chocolate chip cookie was invented by Ruth Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts..

In the throes of the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover went before the US Congress to ask for a $150 million public works programme to help create jobs and to stimulate the economy.