A walking day event in Leigh on June 21, 1959 Picture: Wigan and Leigh Archives and Local Studies, Wigan Council
THIS photograph shows a walking day event in Leigh.
It was taken on June 21, 1959.
Residents were pictured dressed in their finery on a sunny day on an occasion in which organisations from the community gathered.
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