IN 1954, the Rev Ernest Wright, Vicar of St George's Church, Bolton, had pointed out the need for a children's playground in the School Hill area and suggested that spare land in the neighbourhood could be used for that purpose.

The picture showed vacant land bordering Duke Street.

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