EARBY and District Local History Society opened its archive room to a group of students from Salterforth School.

The society was contacted by teacher Rachael Brennan asking for information on several of the buildings in Salterforth for pupils' heritage project Putting Salterforth on the Heritage Map.

The lottery-funded project aims to increase the knowledge of local history in Salterforth by designing a walk around the village, building up an archive of memories of people who live or who have lived in the village and collecting photographs.

Mrs Brennan brought three children to the archive room to allow them to learn about researching local history. They looked at photographs, maps and documents connected with the schools and the Inghamite and Quaker chapels.

They took away copies of photographs and some documents to work on with their classmates back at school.

Mrs Brennan said: “The children really enjoyed their visit to the archive room and felt like detectives as they explored Salterforth’s past.”

History Society secretary Margaret Brown said: “The students were a pleasure to help. They were very enthusiastic and really keen to uncover the secrets of their town. We welcome any local groups or individuals who would also like to delve into their past using our extensive archives.”

Anyone wanting to learn more about the history society should visit earbyhistory.co.uk and anyone with memories of Salterforth is invited to contact Mrs Brennan at Salterforth School.