

19 Comic Relief retro pictures from schools in Alnwick, Amble, Rothbury, Seahouses, Belford, Wooler, Thropton, Embleton, Ellingham, Tritlington, Branton and Warkworth
The charity fundraiser began back in 1985 in response to the famine in Ethiopia.
Since then it has raised millions of pounds to help people around the world and in the United Kingdom.
Find out how to get involved with this year’s fundraiser at https://www.comicrelief.com/
Here are 19 pictures of Northumberland schools raising money for Comic Relief.

1. Tritlington
Tritlington children celebrating Red Nose Day in 2013 wearing their red noses and red tie dye T-shirts which they made in school as part of their learning about Africa. Photo: NOP

2. Wooler
Children from Wooler First School went to school dressed in red and wearing their funny noses in 2017. Photo: nop

3. Warkworth
Amelia Davis, Georgina Henderson and Niamh Mackintosh at their Comic Relief exhibition at Warkworth CofE First School in 2011. Photo: Ben O'Connell

4. Rothbury
Rothbury First School pupils handed in a £1000 cheque to the TSB, money they raised at Comic Relief in 1988. Photo: staff