A NEW display at Darwen Leisure Centre is bringing memories of the former sports centre back to life.

Sylvia Burgess, who captained the borough’s swimming team in 1956, soon spotted a familiar face when she was invited to look around the £12.7million development on the site of the 1930s Green Street building.

A picture of Sylvia and her team mates is one of many old photographs making up a large display in the centre.

Paul Gracey, leisure manager, said: “The collage is an important way of connecting with the past in this modern building.”