AS a welfare assistant at Crosshill Special School, Blackburn, most of my job involves playing with the children and making sure they are happy in the playground.

The children, who range from four to 11, love to play with outdoor toys and find great pleasure in riding bikes, playing ball etc.

They all happily share the bikes, but, sadly, we only have a few to go round about 50 children, so I am appealing for anyone who has children growing up who do not need these sort of toys any more to please donate them to our school, where they would give great pleasure to our children for many years.

If you would like to donate, please contact the school on 667713 during school hours or 51142 any time.

If you or your friends have any toys to give, please let me know.

C DODDS (Mrs), 5 Tarbert Crescent, Blackburn, BB1 2EW.

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