FORMER pupils of a Darlington school are being invited to turn the clock back and attend a reunion.

The classes of 1955 to 1959 from Eastbourne Girls' School will be reunited at Cleveland Bridge Social Club, in Neasham Road, on Wednesday, October 15, at 7pm. Former pupil Myra Apps, nee Rickaby, is using the cast list of a school production from 1958 in an attempt to trace old friends. The two-part operetta, The Boy Mozart and Bastien and Bastienne, featured performances by more than 50 pupils. The principal parts were played by Linda Raine, Elizabeth Gilbert, Patricia Lawson, Janice Warder, Ann Watson, Lexie Darley, Christine Bland, Joan O'Shea, Kathleen Frise, Glenis Craggs, Barbara Wheatley, Carol Render, Elsie Rae and Marsha Boyd. Anyone interested in attending the reunion is asked to contact Mrs Apps on (01325) 462113.

OFFICE PLANS: An outline application has been submitted to Darlington Borough Council to develop the head office of Bannatyne Fitness, in Haughton Road, Darlington.

GRANT BID: Durham Constabulary has applied for a £600,000 grant from the Home Office to cover the costs of a refurbishment programme at Darlington police station.

Shop plans: An application to open a food takeaway in a commercial area of Darlington's High Grange estate is to be approved on Wednesday. Planning committee members are expected to give approval to the plan from Ingleby Barwick Land and Property Developments for the shop in Alverton Drive.

CHARITY EVENT: A family fun day in aid of the Great North Air Ambulance takes place at Hummersknott School, Darlington, on Sunday, September 14, from noon to 6pm. There will be live music, dancers, face painting, displays from the military and emergency services. Admission is £3 for adults, and £2 for children.

Sports night: Haughton Badminton Club, in Darlington, is holding an open evening at Haughton School, on Sunday, September 7, from 7.15pm to 9pm. Anyone over 16 is invited to watch an exhibition match and pick up coaching tips. For more information, contact Carol Boyd on (01325) 260779.

Flower service: Women are being asked to wear flowers and hats, and men to wear floral buttonholes at a patronal service celebrating St Mary at the parish church in Gainford, on Sunday, September 7.

POLICE PROMOTION: Sergeant Brian Maudling, of Durham Constabulary, has left his beat in Willington, to take up a role as an inspector at Darlington police station