A CRACKING time was had by all when the Radcliffe and Whitefield Lions Club helped to spread some Easter cheer.

Members of the local club made a special delivery when they visited youngsters at Fairfield General Hospital, Bury, handing out Easter eggs and knitted toys on the children's ward.

Zone chairman Monty Adler said: "It was absolutely wonderful. We decided to do this again after an absence of a few years and it was great to see the children's faces.

"It is something that we wanted to do and it is always nice to support the hospital."

Lions president Jacqui Adler is pictured delivering some Easter treats to four-year-old Ryan Allen.

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