I JUST want to send a word of thanks for the lovely Wigan parade through Leigh on November 19.

Not a very good day for me, but it was made very beautiful by a young lady from Thorntons card shop.

She was beautiful as a fairy princess, but what was particularly wonderful for these tired old eyes was the time she gave to little aspiring fairy princesses, having her photograph taken with them and letting them wear her tiara.

She warmed my heart and is a credit.

Margaret Marsland

Leigh