Summery pictures of Mesnes Park taken for the Wigan Observer over the years

Many will be hoping that the hot weather of recent days isn’t all we’ll get of summer. In the meantime though, here are some pictures taken over a number of decades for the Wigan Observer of folk having fun and soaking up the rays at Mesnes Park

All the colour pictures date from 2008 and 2009, the black and white ones from the 1960s to the ’80s.

1. Volunteers Day Mesnes Park. Find the Frog with Molly Cadman (3) and Eleanor Eaves enjoying the stalls

Volunteers Day in Mesnes Park. Find the Frog with Molly Cadman, three, and Eleanor Eaves Photo: John Leatherbarrow

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2. One of the races at the cycle criterium in Mesnes Park in 1980

. Photo: STAFF

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3. Frank and Susan Collier-Baker with grandson Adam Wells enjoying the sunshine in Mesnes Park

. Photo: PAUL GREENWOOD

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4. Wigan mayor, Coun William France, presents a trophy to winners of races in the cycle criterium in Mesnes Park in 1980

. Photo: STAFF

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