WE’RE going back more than 80 years with this week’s nostalgic photo.
It shows then deputy mayor Councillor Newton JP and Councillor Woolstencroft, who played the opening game in the Plank Lane Charity Bowling game in 1939.
The image has been shared with us by Wigan & Leigh Archives.
Does anyone know the story behind the image?
n Are there any faces on the picture that you can recognise? Or do you have any photographs from any other public events from times gone by? Contact us on newsdesk@leighjournal.co.uk
n Do you have any old photographs relating to local history you would like to share with us that you think would work well on this page? If you do, please email it with your name, description of the image and the year it was taken, if known.
We will consider using pictures taken in Leigh, Atherton, Astley, Tyldesley, Golborne, Lowton, Hindley, Hindley Green, Glazebury 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
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