YOU could be forgiven for thinking this was a scene from the United Nations.

Children at Shotover Way First School in Oxford dressed in the clothes of various nationalities to mark World Children’s Day.

Mums had clearly worked hard in the previous few weeks and months to make sure their children were well attired.

The result, as our sister paper, The Oxford Times, reported at the time, was “a colourful array of costumes”.

Sadly, we can’t show you the colours as the picture, like many taken at that time, was in black and white.

The mums who had worked so hard to create the clothes were invited to the school in Titup Hall Drive, Wood Farm, to enjoy the day in 1979 with their children.

Apart from sporting their clothes of many colours, the pupils entertained their parents with a concert of music from different countries.

A month later, the children were asked to put on their international attire again, this time to take part in a parade through the Wood Farm estate.

Shotover Way First School had a short life. It was the name given in 1975 to the former Wood Farm Infants’ School, while Wood Farm Junior School next door became Foresters First School.

In 1980, the two schools merged to become Wood Farm First School for children aged five to nine.

Since 2003, when Oxford dropped the three-tier system of education and reverted to two-tier, the school became Wood Farm Primary School.

Meanwhile, World Children’s Day has lasted much longer than the school, having been established by the World Conference for the Well-being of Children in 1925.

It is still recognised on various days in many countries around the world, to celebrate children and to raise awareness of the abuse, exploitation and discrimination many are subjected to.

Do you recognise yourself or anyone else in the picture? Write and let me know.