Here’s a great selection of Comic Relief pictures from in and around Portsmouth during the noughties. Whether it’s headteachers getting gunged, pub managers being locked in a cage for 24 hours, or fitness endurance tasks, there are plenty of shots to raise a smile.
And there also a fair few pictures of the Royal Navy doing its bit for charity. So while the country prepares for one of its regular fundraising bonanzas tonight, feel free to settle down and turn the clock back 20 years with our gallery. See if you can spot anyone you recognise.
5. Locked up
Phil Walter, 26, the duty manager of The First Post Pub in Cosham in the cage the pub he's stayed in for 24 hours for Comic Relief in 2005 | The News/Matt Scott-Joynt
6. Splat!
Sally Blakey, 77, who lived at the Regency Nursing Home in St Helen's Parade, Southsea throws a custard pie into the face of Matron Hazel Adeoye for Comic Relief in 2005) | The News/Matt Scott-Joynt
7. Working up a sweat
Creche assistant Susan Curtis finishes 15 minutes on the treadmill at Havant Leisure Centre in 2007 while creche leader Beverley Underwood gets baby Freya Thynne involved | The News/Malcolm Wells
8. Red Nose Day_The BIG One_Pupils at Copnor Infant School wearing Big Red clothes to school to raise money for Comic Relief. Picture Alice Mills
Red Nose Day_The BIG One_Pupils at Copnor Infant School wearing Big Red clothes to school to raise money for Comic Relief. Picture Alice Mills | Alice Mills