The images date from 1997 to 2015 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.


2. Gilded Hollins pupils raised £1,706 for NSPCC funds with a sponsored spelling test and cake sale. Receiving the giant cheque is Jayne Moran, NSPCC schools' organiser, with pupils Charlotte and Ben
. Photo: Gary Brunskill

3. Armed Forces Day at Leigh Sports Village: Reiss Atherton, nine, a pupil at Gilded Hollins CP School, Lowton, with Angela Brown, of Pegasus WW2 Displays, from Ashton, with a field radio
. Photo: Nick Fairhurst

4. Pupils at Gilded Hollins were enjoying freshly laid eggs every day thanks to their newly arrived hens. Pictured are pupils Warwick and Jessica
. Photo: Gary Brunskill
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