Spalding, Crowland and Donington pupils marathon efforts and healthy eating in 1994
Today we are delving through the Lincolnshire Free Press archives to head back to 1994.
This was a time when the first National Lottery Draw was held, Oasis release their debut album Definitely Maybe and Nelson Mandela was elected president in the first interracial South African elections.
Pupils at the Thomas Cowley High School and St Guthlac's School in Crowland were learning about healthy eating with help from the Lincolnshire County Council's Health Bus.
Youngsters took part in discussions about their diet along with watching a video about factors affecting health.
While the upper decks were set up with samples of food available in the school canteen and children were asked to complete a quiz relating to the food they had eaten.
The health bus was set up at the schools to coincide with National School Meals weeks.
A presentation evening was held to celebrate the efforts of the 184 people, connected with the Sir John Gleed Technology College, who took part in the Boston to Skegness Sea Bank Marathon in June 1994.
The 131 pupils, 48 parents, one granddad and four staff £9,428. Half of this money raised went to Boston Macmillan Nurse Committee and Boston Sports Foundation while the remaining £4,245 was dividing among 47 charities.
Graham Brown received the trophy for the pupil raising the most money this year while Ann Van der Weyden, who raised £836 for High Street surgery and Boston Leukaemia and Cancer Research Fund, also received a small prize.
This was the eighth successive year in which the school had won a trophy for raising the most money at the marathon.
Gleed Schools Concert Band entertained during the presentation.
The band had also produced two tapes, which cost £5.
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