Here’s a selection of pictures from our archives showing the park and events from its early days during the Victorian period and much more recently in the 1990s and early noughties.
5. Members of Leigh Silver Band, who put on a concert in Mesnes Park in 1997. Left to right: Janice Courtliff, Matthew Haseldiene, Pat Parkinson, Beverley Stoll and Colin Rowson.
. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST
6. The derelict Mesnes Park Lodge in the late 1990s. Hard to believe is is now a community hub which even hosts weddings
. Photo: STAFF
7. p5 Mesnes Park House in the 1920's
Mesnes Park Lodge in the 1920s Photo: submitted
8. Girls taking part in the Splat Playscheme in Mesnes Park in 1997
. Photo: JOHN LEATHERBAROW