AFTER more than 50 years on Canvey, Furtherwick Park School closed its doors for the final time in 2011.

The school had been known as "our community school", but dwindling pupil numbers on the island meant youngsters were instead sent to Cornelius Vermuyden and Castle View schools.

But in the early Nineties, as these pictures from the Echo archives show, the school was in full swing, with exciting trips, events and performances keeping pupils occupied.

Full-flung theatre productions, foreign trips, fundraising efforts and exciting experiments were all part of the experience for pupils at the school, in Furtherwick Road.

Do you have any memories or pictures from the past to share? Email echonews@nqe.com.