The army was in town on Thursday last week, the student army that is.
Following the mess left in the wake of ex-cyclone Gita, which whirled through town on Tuesday night, senior pupils from St Joseph's School in Stratford decided to take action and help with the cleaning up in town.
Pupils from rooms nine and 10 at the school, who are aged between 10 and 13, formed a student army after talking in class on Wednesday last week.
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Gabriella Gonouya, 11, said they wanted to help as much as they can.