THERE were a lorra, lorra laughs at Colne's Park High School when year 11 students staged a version of hit TV show Blind Date!

They arranged the stage, devised the questions, including double entrendre, selected the candidates - including head teacher Alan Chambers - and charged 50p admission to raise money for the BBC TV appeal Children In Need.

Instead of an action adventure in the Algarve, or an exotic trip to the Far East, the winning couples won cinema tickets and a candlelit dinner in the staff canteen.

Thirteen students are members of the Compact Plus group which has been set a series of challenges to complete, including organising a fund-raising activity.

Mr Chambers said: "As the audience was filing in, the students asked for volunteers and gave the chooser a set of questions to ask and the hopeful date's time to prepare answers.

"The winning couple were given free cinema tickets.

"They also asked for a staff volunteer, which was our bursar Mrs Sue Edwards, and she had to pick from three teachers: myself, Tom Goulden from modern languages and Chris Hargrave mathematics.

"We all put on silly accents so that Mrs Edwards could not tell who was who and she picked Mr Hargrave.

"Alia Jabbar played the part of Cilla Black with a green top and huge blue wig and she tried to put on the accent as well.

"The whole thing was very entertaining and the students worked very hard."

Those involved want to thank Jane Green, the Compact Plus contact from the East Lancashire Careers Service. They raised £100 for the charity.

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