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Wigan coach Graham Lowe has Shaun Edwards, Dean Bell and Henderson Gill ready for some sprint training in 1987. Wigan rugby league legend Graeme West gives a lift to a Lowton garden fete in 1987.    
Ince guides who received their Baden Powell awards in 1987. A fancy dress couple at Wigan Hospice garden party in 1987. The Mayor of Wigan, Coun. Jimmy Jones, presents Duke of Edinburgh Awards with the mayoress and Coun. George Lockett in 1987. A youngster admires the blooms at Wigan Horticultural Show in 1987.
       
A young Jack "N" Box at Highfield Grange Carnival in 1987. Postman Pat joins brownies at Highfield Grange Carnival in 1987. Highfield Grange Carnival Queens in 1987. Russian dancers with Coun. Wilf Brogan were the focus of attention at Wigan Pier in 1987.
The Mayor of Wigan, Coun. Bob Lyon, with the winners of the Parkside Colliery Queen contest in 1974. The Mayor of Wigan, Coun. Bob Lyon, presents a championship shield to lads at Edge Green, Golborne, in 1975. Wigan brownies who knitted a huge blanket in 1979. Wigan brownies who were doing a nature project in 1979.
The Mayor and Mayoress of Wigan, Coun. and Mrs. Tom Morgan present sports trophies in 1977. Wiganers who were going to Nigeria on a project in 1986. Norman and Philip hair salon staff present a £210 cheque to the Band Aid charity in 1985. Norman and Philip hairdresser, Paul Kirkham, styles Carolyn Barnett's hair in 1985.
       
Table tennis enthusiasts at Penson Street Youth Centre, Swinley, in 1979. Crowding round the tuck shop at Penson Street Youth Centre, Swinley, in 1979. Wigan group "The Condemned" at rehearsal in 1979. A Wigan ladies darts team in 1986.
A happy pool of youngsters celebrate the opening of Birchley Youth Club, Billinge, in 1984. Youthful exuberance at Penson Street Youth Centre, Swinley, in 1979. Pooling together at Penson Street Youth Centre, Swinley, in 1979. Discussion time at Penson Street Youth Centre, Swinley, in 1979.
Local scouts logging out in 1979. A local scout snaps his friend in a relaxed pose in 1979. Local brownies keep in line in 1979.
       
A fun run gets under way in Golborne in 1986. The Golborne Carnival Queen's float in 1989. Red indians on the warpath at Golborne Carnival in 1989. High Street, Golborne, in 1989.
A cuddly bear gets a lift at the Wigan Infirmary garden fete in 1987. Golborne Colliery towards the end of its life in 1984. A view down Salisbury Street looking towards Golborne Colliery in the 1970s. Miners wait for the cage to take them back down the pit on the first shift back after the Golborne Colliery disaster in March 1979.
The Palace cinema in Ashton which was showing the Elvis film 'Girls Girls Girls' in the early 1960s. A meeting of Wigan Pigeon Club at Marus Bridge in 1958. A view from Highfield of Westwood power station cooling towers showing how they dominated the skyline shortly before demolition in 1989. A dilapidated Woodhouse stadium in 1977 which was the home of Wigan Harriers and various school athletics meetings.
       
A Wigan junior school football team during the 1970-71 season. Guests at a Wigan Athletic Football Club dinner in the 1950s. Finalists in the Miss Wigan beauty contest in 1985. Mort's shop on the corner of Wigan Road and Market Street, Hindley, in the early part of the 20th century.
Infants from All Saints Parish Church, Wigan, during their walking day in 1986. Scouts at Bispham Hall, Billinge, in 1966. The County Playhouse on King Street, Wigan, which was a bingo club in this view from 1980. Trophy winning young dancers from Wigan in 1987.
Members of Wigan Fishing Club on a day out at Trentham Gardens in the 1950s. Scholes in the 1960s as the terraced houses were demolished to make way for the flats and maisonettes.