THIS week we take a trip back in time to see how Leigh’s high street looked back in 1955.

The picture shows a bustling Bradshawgate, which has certainly changed a lot since then.

The postcard shows a host of shop fronts, including Melia’s General Stores and Bowen’s Stationers on the left and Price’s Bakery, Darwell’s Wine and Spirit Merchants, Woolworths and Boots on the right.

A Leigh Corporation bus can also be seen in the background, with street lighting on wires overhead.

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