Thousands of people took to the streets to watch the first St George's Day parade since the coronavirus pandemic. The popular annual event has not been held since 2019, but Manchester bathed in sunshine to welcome the return of the celebration.
Military vehicles, a brass band, bagpipe players and a Winston Churchill impersonator were among the highlights of the parade, which begun in Miles Platting just after noon. It then moved onto Oldham Road, before taking in the Northern Quarter and Piccadilly Gardens and then circling back to Miles Platting.
Families lined the streets to wave to participants in the parade, which also included a group of women dressed as the wives of Henry VIII, as well as musical performances from the Oldham Scottish Pipe Band. Parade organiser Thelma McGrail said: "We have been doing it 17 years, it has been getting better and better.
