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Wigan Cemetery Index
Wigan Cemetery Index

Index covers 3rd September 1856 to 30th November 2007.

Wigan Message Boards
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What's On in Wigan
What's On in Wigan

Local events in and around Wigan, why not list yours, it's free.

Wigan Chronology
Wigan Chronology

Local chronology from Wigan Almanacs covering most years from 1879 to 1949.

Wigan Classifieds
Wigan Classifieds

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Local History
Lots more Local History

Town directories, streets, court leet rolls, stories, books...

Wigan Blog
Wigan Blog

General musings mainly about Wigan and the wiganworld website.

Fred Dibnah
In memory of Fred Dibnah, world famous steeplejack.

Wigan Family & Local History Society
Wigan Family & Local History Society.
Wigan FHS

Pubs of the Past
Pubs of the Past Wigan pubs in photos and other info.

Reading Room
Reading Room - 27 pages of old Wigan News from 1890.

Wigan Views, 1908
Wigan Views, 1908. A souvenir booklet of old photos and ads.

St Stephen's School
Photo: Bob Norburn

Well, this was the class I was in, not sure of the year it was taken, but most of us would have been born in 1947. As for who's who on the photo, I'm struggling to pick out which one is me, better luck with some of the others though, even after almost 70 years, so here goes... 1st row: Ian Broughton, front and centre is the only one I remember. 2nd row: I can't remember any of the girls. 3rd row: Donald Parry ? David Lyon, David Winstanley, David Hocken ? unknown, Geoffrey Winnard ? unknown, David Kenny, next 2 both unknown. 4th row: mostly unknown, except for the blonde in the middle, Patricia, can't remember her surname, she was the first girl that caught my eye ;-) 5th row: unknown, unknown, Geoffrey Hargreaves ? me/maybe ? unknown, Alan Parkinson maybe ? Somewhere in there would be Stella Richardson and June Mayberry ? I wonder how many of these old classmates are still with us today ? I hope this photo brings back a few memories for my old school mates. I hope they'll be able to put a few names to the faces, including mine. It's a beggar when you can't pick yourself out hey, but, it was the best part of 70 years ago. Bob.

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Wigan Cemetery Index
Wigan Cemetery Index

Index covers 3rd September 1856 to 30th November 2007.
(117,917 entries)

Gidlow Cemetery Index
Gidlow Cemetery Index

Index covers 14th January 1948 to 13th December 2013.
(16,188 entries)

Hindley Cemetery Index
Hindley Cemetery Index

Index covers 10th June 1880 to 18th December 2012.
(32,307 entries)

Ince Cemetery Index
Ince Cemetery Index

Index covers 6th October 1857 to 10th December 2009.
(39,319 entries)

Westwood Cemetery Index
Westwood Cemetery Index

Index covers 12th January 1946 to 31st December 2007.
(5,697 entries)

Howe Bridge Cemetery Index
Howe Bridge Cemetery Index

Index covers 13th January 1975 to 31st December 2007.
(1,854 entries)

Wigan Genealogy
Wigan Genealogy

Local genealogy for the Wigan area only. 1,000s of names listed.

Wigan Family & Local History Society
Wigan Family & Local History Society

The promotion and encouragement of research into family and local history.

Jedi lights

Jedi lights
by Jane

(iPhone 6s)

(Friday, 28th April, 2017)

The Swan

The Swan
by Dennis Seddon

(Sony DSC-WX500)

(Wednesday, 1st June, 2022)

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