Staff, pupils and parents joined together at St Mary's College to mark the retirement of two teachers.
Miss Alice Burns, who taught art, and Father William Strand who taught French were leaving the school.
A display of records saved an Accrington shop owner and two of his staff from injury after a Land Rover and a van crashed through the shop window.
Michael Lane, 30, of the Disc and Tape Exchange told of his lucky escape.
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