Sign up to the M.E.N.'s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from school closures to ways to entertain the kids Pubs and restaurants may well have reopened on Monday, but for many parents their biggest delight was getting back to soft play.
The indoor play centres have remained closed throughout most of the pandemic so it's been 14 months since the majority of children have been able to enjoy the climbing frames, trampolines and everything else they have to offer.
For Catalina Sastre, who owns Party and Play Funhouse in Westhoughton, it was a huge relief to welcome customers back through the doors.
With Bolton facing tougher restrictions than most areas, she's been able to open for just three days since the first lockdown last
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