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Orrell (Interesting Old News)
Published by Brian on Thursday 28th July 2022
Another mixed bag of old, interesting news, this time for Orrell. Read about mystery bones found at the Stag Inn and a toy balloon fraud...
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Ince (Interesting Old News)
Published by Brian on Wednesday 27th July 2022
A selection of old news for Ince, articles include the death of a one-legged signal man, a doggy hero and someone jumping down a mine shaft...
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Hindley (Interesting Old News)
Published by Brian on Tuesday 26th July 2022
A mixed bag of Hindley news - A clergyman died and the verdict returned was "Died by the visitation of God", a cat lived to the ripe old age of 21 and more...
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Haigh (Interesting Old News)
Published by Brian on Monday 25th July 2022
Haigh news articles containing gruesome reporting, tragedies and other local interesting information relating to John Sumner Brewery and Haigh Hall...
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Bryn (Interesting Old News)
Published by Brian on Sunday 24th July 2022
Interesting old news and snippets from the archives for Bryn. These few articles range from 1873 through to 1947...
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Bickershaw (Interesting Old News)
Published by Brian on Saturday 23rd July 2022
Here is some old, interesting news from Bickershaw. I was surprised by the number of news articles mentioning Bickershaw, I could have added many more, here are a few...
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Bamfurlong (Interesting Old News)
Published by Brian on Friday 22nd July 2022
It's time for more interesting old news, this time from Bamfurlong. I've delved into the archives and have found some interesting articles dated between 1886 and 1917...
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Aspull (Interesting Old News)
Published by Brian on Thursday 21st July 2022
It's time for more interesting old news, this time from Aspull. I've delved into the archives and have found some interesting articles dated between 1869 and 1931...
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Ashton (Interesting Old News)
Published by Brian on Tuesday 19th July 2022
It's time for more interesting old news, this time from Ashton. I've delved into the archives and have found some interesting articles dated between 1841 and 1917...
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Abram (Interesting Old News)
Published by Brian on Sunday 17th July 2022
The first article of many more to come, I am looking through the archives for each area in and around Wigan and will publish any interesting old news. The first area is Abram...
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