A WORCESTERSHIRE village made famous by the long-running radio serial The Archers is confident bumper celebrations will attract a host of visitors.

Inkberrow First School is 150 years old this year, and organisers of a fete this Saturday are determined nobody will forget the date.

Headmistress June Davis says she hopes a pair of 80-year-old twins who attended the school will be coming along to join the festivities.

"This is such a wonderful place with a lot of history which culminates in our 150th anniversary," said Mrs Davis.

"Pupils have been studying the Victorian period and comparing it with today."

The fete is hoped to boost school coffers by more than £1,000, which will be spent on creating a special sensory garden with strong-smelling plants and rocks.

Stallholders, including Guides, Brownies and the playgroup, will be encouraged to dress up in Victorian garb.

Tardebigge Cider Company will bring a fleet of old lorries to make the occasion even more authentic.

Some of the children have been learning engineering and have made rockets which will be on display.

Clog dancers will entertain visitors and refreshments will be available at the fete, which kicks off at 1.30pm.

PTA member Jane Neal, whose children attend the school, has helped compile a short history for the occasion.

She discovered that in 1851, 140 pupils were enrolled into Inkberrow National School.

The Rev George Gray and his parishioners hoped to provide "education for moral and religious instruction of children of the labouring classes of the parish."

The school was built on its current site in Main Street, originally known as George Piece. The land was offered by the church and the school was built from local stone.

Twenty years later, the schoolhouse was built to accommodate the headmaster. A school uniform was introduced in 1938, which was replaced by the current yellow and grey.

During the Second World War, 200 evacuees and their teachers from Birmingham spent one term at the school.

By the 1970s, there were 200 pupils and five new classrooms were built. There are now 90 boys and girls aged between four and nine.