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1. Donation of a Paystation
Inspector Ray Mountford and David Baker (Chair of the Early Years development) presented a Playstation to the Litchfield family, Marc, Helen, Scott and Sophie for their ideas bout the futeure of Sheffields Childcare system back in 1998 Photo: Dean Atkins
2. PlayStation winners
PlayStation winners, back row, from left, Kirsty Gardner, aged 12, Kris Kennedy, aged 12, Louise Tipper, aged ten, and Nicola McBurnie, aged 15; front, Christopher Turner, aged eight, Rebecca Barnett, aged seven, and Thomas Widdowson, aged nine. The presentation took place October 2000 Photo: Steve Taylor (staff)
3. The Formula 1 Arrows team
arrows, The Formula 1 Arrows team car along with its mechanical crew have been at Sheffield company Infogrames to be wired up for a motion cature sequence for a new computer game in 2001. Pictured LtoR were Tony Wills the Motion Capture Studio Manager, Darren Speake(Tyreman) & Mark Tomlinson(Mechanic) Photo: Steve Ellis
4. Birkdale pupils
Birkdale pupils try their hands at Electronic Arts' latest games on their school trip in 2002 Photo: Corner Communications