A silly way to raise money for a serious cause in 1977

They may have been larking around in this picture but these students were preparing for a rather serious project.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Dec 2015, 07:00 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 05:47 BST
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The year was 1977 and the teenagers were organising Crawley Technical College’s festival week, to raise money for the Mid Sussex Society for the Mentally Handicapped.

According to a report in the Crawley and Disctrict Observer, they had managed to book a rather successful pop group to perform – The Stranglers.

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The band was on the cusp of national success and their hit No More Heroes would reach No 8 in the UK charts that September.

Such is the nature of pop success – one week you’re playing to a few hundred people in Crawley Technical College, the next you’re heard by millions watching Top of the Pops.

As for the students’ fundraising efforts, they also organised a 15-mile inter-school sponsored walk as well as a revue packed with sketches, music and general silliness.

The revue was produced by Ewa Korolewicz and Jim Lines, backed up by a dozen fellow students, lecturer Lenny Grugeon and student adviser John Kendall.

Do you recognise any of the students in this photo?