ARCHIVE: pictures from Gilded Hollins Community Primary School, Leigh, (1997-2013)
Our latest retro tour of Wigan borough primary schools takes us to Gilded Hollins in Leigh.
By Charles Graham
Published 8th Nov 2023, 04:55 GMT
Updated 8th Nov 2023, 16:13 GMT
The images date from 1997 to 2013 and while most are of happy children, events and achievements, they do also record two distressing fires to have hit the school (in 2001 and 2015) and a successful campaign to prevent its being closed down.
1. Gilded Hollins Year 5 and 6 Play Leaders with Year 1 and 2 pupils, teacher Chris Rushton and assistant headteacher Carmel Isherwood
. Photo: Nick Fairhurst
2. Gilded Hollins received a visit from the Guide Dogs Centre in Atherton. Left is Eileen Edwards puppy walker and Zjenet Barclay guide dog owner with some of the pupils who met the dogs Freddie and Tanner
. Photo: Gary Brunskill
3. Sensory training expert Dr Buffy McClelland puts pupls through their paces at Gilded Hollins Primary
. Photo: Gary Brunskill
4. Headteacher Darran Nash hands out certificates in an awards assembly
. Photo: Nick Fairhurst
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