A gloriously sunny day saw mums and their children gathering in the new Horwich Garden of Remembrance to enjoy the fine weather and the immaculately tended flowerbeds.
Taken in 1955, the photo shows the garden in Lever Park which is home to a memorial those who died in the two world wars.
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