THIS photograph shows a large crowd gathered for the opening ceremony of the former Leigh Technical School at the entrance on Railway Road.

It was opened on September 26, 1894 by the 16th Earl of Derby.

A 1932 student handbook states that there were extensions to the building in 1904 and 1914.

It was granted the status of a college from 1926.

The technical college site closed in 2010.

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If you do, please email your picture to newsdesk@leighjournal.co.uk with your name, what the image shows and what year it was taken.

Please also mention what memories you have from the photograph. We will consider using pictures taken in Leigh, Atherton, Tyldesley, Hindley and surrounding areas from a different era.

To view pictures from the Wigan and Leigh Archives and Local Studies collection, which features images from across the borough, visit archives.wigan.gov.uk.