School gives all its profits to charity

In 1997 The Mail reported how kind-hearted pupils at Millom School had donated the proceeds of their clock-making business to a five-year-old muscular dystrophy sufferer.

The group of sixth form pupils had set up their Clockz business as part of the Young Enterprise project.

The business, which ran for a year, was such a success that the pupils made £236 profit.

They decided to donate the money to Millom youngster James Clark, who suffered from Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Former managing director Andrea Marvin said: “We had a meeting and decided it would be better to give the money to something worthwhile instead of keeping it ourselves.”

In 2006 people’s memories of Millom’s history were to be used in a play which would be staged in Canada.

The play was being written by pupils at Millom School, on Salthouse Road, and project coordinator Jakki Moore to celebrate the school’s centenary.

The play would be performed at the school in July that year as the centenary celebrations reached their climax.

Students would then be travelling to Montreal in Canada to perform their play as part of the school’s international links abroad programme.

Millom School wanted to use the words of Millomites and their memories of the town’s early days in the community play.

The information would also be used to produce a time line.

That would trace the development of Millom over the previous 100 years in words, pictures and documents.

Miss Moore said she wanted everyone in the town to play a part in the project to celebrate 100 years of the school.

She said: “We would like to capture your thoughts and memories.

“Were you there at the opening of the modern school in 1959? Do you have newspaper cuttings as souvenirs of the occasion that you could copy and share with us?

“What was it like during the war years? Can anyone remember even further back?”

The Heritage Lottery Fund had provided a £35,800 grant to fund the project.