PUPILS brought a bit of early Christmas cheer to local pensioners by inviting them to watch their pantomime.

Senior citizens from the Newton Hall area of Durham were treated to music and dance when upper school pupils at Blue Coat Junior School held the dress rehearsal for their production of Cinderella.

The school's version of the ever-popular panto favourite, was written by deputy head teacher Karen Dooley

Acting head Mabel Hepplewhite said: "It is quite an ambitious production. There is a lot of singing and dancing and some excellent costumes. It is a very good show. We invited local pensioners to the dress rehearsal and they really had a good time. They had seasonal refreshments afterwards.'