not been in leigh propper for ovr 20yrs. born and bread there. thanks pal.

Born there, a reit nace taaan, the colourisation is brilliant, what a difference it makes.

Absolutely brilliant !! Well done, Barry. It brought back so many happy memories.

Born in a house across from the Tamar in 1977, emigrated to Toronto in 1982. I miss my Grandma and Grandad on Chaucer Grove. I miss a lot of things. We’ve come back home many many times over the years. I miss the market when it was good, going to Bolton to shop. My earliest memory was at the Turnpike as a little girl ❤️

A very touching short video of how our town used to be. Good work Barry.

Liked the shot of the BICC works. Worked there for a short while in the mid 60s making the cable reels whilst waiting to hear if I had got an apprenticeship at English Electric

I was born in Leigh and lived there until I was 6. My Mum(Mam 😂) and Dad decided to move to Shrewsbury. I bought a house in Leigh of a relative who had fallen ill a couple of years ago to flip so ended up spending a bit of time here while working on it. Still a lovely town with great people but I couldn’t believe how Pennington park had changed!! It seemed tiny and generic after its Millenium(?)makeover.

Thank you Barry a cracking trip through bygone days

My uncle used to work at Howe bridge bus depot when it was LUT

Great job, it's fascinating to see how Leigh changed over the decades

nice 1 barry nevison and fir tree are the only pubs left in plank lane now was born in firs maturnaty home worked at plank lane pit bickershaw collery and a few cotton mills round plank lane and leigh moved away about 40 years ago then moved closer to golborne still go to leigh not the same now......was happy days back then ty for the memories

I was born and brought up in leigh loved going to willy bobs in the lates 80s as a kid and setting off stink bombs in woolworths etc leigh was brilliant l'the old market ,leigh cinema etc i live in leigh again the town centre is shocking and reminds me of a UN refugee camp /drug ghetto

I think the biggest loss to the area has been the railway line, it would be useful to have today. Only thing left of Pennington Station is an old cobbled road that led to it.

enjoyed that, Barry thank you

Quality.