HERE is an old snap featuring the mayor inspecting a military band during the 1950s.
The image was taken on Battle of Britain Sunday on September 20, 1952.
In the backdrop of the photograph Cliff Holden Motors Ltd, Barneys Bazaar, and W.E. Lawrenson's Market Café can be seen.
Do you have any memories from this era?
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 your picture to newsdesk@leighjournal.co.uk with your name, what the image shows and what year it was taken.
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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