HERE is a great picture featuring residents from the 1970s which we found in the archives.

This atmospheric photograph depicts a Gin Pit Residents' Committee.

The photograph was taken in August 1971, according to local archive records.

Are you in this photograph, or are there any faces in this picture that you recognise?

n Do you have an old photographs you would like to share with us that you think would fit well on this page? If you do, please email it with your name, what the image shows and what year it was taken.

These can be of anything relating to local heritage, such as an old school picture, a sports team, a public event, or workplace, for example.

We will consider using pictures taken in Leigh, Atherton, Astley, Tyldesley, Golborne, Lowton, Hindley, Hindley Green and surrounding areas from a different era.

n To view pictures from the Wigan and Leigh Archives and Local Studies collection which features photographs visit archives.wigan.gov.uk.