An intriguing little photo collection.
1. A postcard promoting the Abbey Lakes and "pleasure gardens" in the 1920s
.Photo: UGC
2. Emma Hoolin and her mum Gill receive the £1,638 proceeds of a rowing challenge at FX Leisure in Abbey Lakes Orrell pictured with FX managers Peter Atherton and Leonie Brown. Money was being raised to send Emma to America for pioneering cancer treatment
.Photo: GB
3. Tram driver Percy Wicox at the Abbey Lakes, Orrell, terminus in 1918
.Photo: UGC
4. A workman with some of the items cleared out of the "Hermit House" in 1973
.Photo: FO