RESIDENTS of a Colne housing estate flocked to see their day-to-day lives on display in a photographic exhibition made up of their own snaps.

More than 100 people visited the Picture Perfect? exhibition at the North Valley Community Centre, Birtwistle Avenue.

It was organised by the Five Wards Arts and Cultural Project, run by Mid Pennine Arts using European funding, and environmental charity Groundwork East Lancashire.

Disposable cameras were distributed to homes on the estate in July and more than 400 of the residents' pictures made up the exhibition, which will move to the Mid-Pennine Art Gallery in Burnley today.

The exhibition includes family portraits, photographs of local grot spots, pictures of the local landscape and shots of people going about their daily lives.

The project has been hailed a success by Groundwork, which hopes to assist residents who want to take on environmental projects in the area.

Sue Devonport, 51, of Rimington Avenue, has lived on the estate for 32 years and took three of the enlarged photographs in the display.

She said: "The whole project was great fun and it has definitely got people talking to each other.

"It's interesting to see the different things that people have chosen to include in their photographs, the good and bad things about the area."

Groundwork project organiser Ruth Mackie said: "We wanted to help bring the community together and get people to take an interest in their area, and it's certainly worked.

"The response has been totally positive and people have been coming and spending a long time looking round.

"It's brought people of all ages together because the young people can see themselves in many of the pictures.

"Hopefully we will go on to work with a group of residents interested in taking on an environmental project on the estate."

Matt Gartside from Zumedia, which put the exhibition together, said: "I have organised a lot of these exhibitions and this one has definitely had the most interest.

"Often people are only interested in their own pictures, but it's obvious people here really care about their area."