Memories made to last at Startforth school

STARTFORTH Morritt Memorial Primary School may have shut but its legacy will live on through the many children who passed through its doors.
And to reinforce that heritage, former pupils received, along with a host of other goodies, a computer memory stick packed with school photographs during a special party on Friday, November 18.
The event at the Hub, on Shaw Bank, took the form of a disco and was attended by children, parents and teachers.
Parent Andy Yeadon said: “It is just to celebrate everything about the school. The council chose to close it, but the kids really loved it.”
Each child received the memory stick in a pack of stationary and a Build-a-Bear soft toy dressed in the school’s uniform.
Teachers were each given a personalised picture of the emblem that adorned the front of the school surrounded by words the children thought best described them.