THE Likely Lads snapshop featured in The Journal has been claimed.
Frank Tamblin took the picture of Ken Andrews and Cliff Yates in Henry Street where he lived in 1951.
The duo still live in Leigh, but Frank moved to Bolton a couple of years ago.
He was sent a copy of the newspaper by his sister, Jean Standing, who lives in Pennington and recognised the shot.
Frank said: "No doubt we were cycling to Southport that day when our gang bumped into the girls on the 'Lancs' and one of the lads handed it over."
The photograph has been in the possession of Jean Shovelton, of Lowton, since that day.
She was going through boxes of old pictures recently when she dropped on the one of the two mystery lads and thought one of them would like to have it back.
Jean said: "I am delighted it has been claimed. I didn't want to throw it away."
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