CHILDREN got their hands dirty and their faces painted at the Barracks Lane community picnic on Sunday, where organisers put on a range of family-friendly activities.

Dad-of-one Chris Atkinson and his two-year-old daughter Tess from North Leigh joined in the fun. He said: “It was a fantastic afternoon and the people down at Barracks Lane had made a really good effort to put on a good display with face painting and making food in a clay oven.

“It was a good community event.”