Two Blackburn school children excelled in the written word when they each won prizes in a national essay competition.
This photo from our 1979 archives shows Stephen Noblett, 11, and Elizabeth Kennedy, 11, with the shield they won for St Paul's RC Junior school, Feniscowles.
The youngsters beat off stiff competition from more than 1,300 entries.
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