Wigan Newspaper Archives for 1937.

My cousin sent me a copy of a newspaper cutting of his grandmother's obituary which featured in a Wigan newspaper in 1937. There are no details as to which newspaper it was. Are there any online Wigan newspaper archives from that time which I could search to find out which one it was?
Thank you for any help.

I have emailed the library and museum to find out if they have old newspapers in their collection but have not received a reply. Does anyone know if they do have Wigan newspapers from the time? Thanks for your help.

They did have them on microfilm, but they may have been digitised by now.

I received a message from a very helpful Customer Services Assistant at the Museum of Wigan Life who advised me that the newspapers are on microfilm and the one which had my great-grandmother's obituary was the Wigan Examiner 20 February 1937. My grandfather died a few months later, in August 1937 - it must have been a sad year for the family.

It would probably be quite expensive to digitise the Wigan newspaper collection. It would be great if it could be done.

I share your name wonder if we are related ? G.B.

Hello Golden Bear. We are probably related somewhere along the line. My direct relatives from Wigan area are related through Ward and Hodkinson.

Hi i have just been scanning my family tree and could not find any of your names which you supplied and i have had luck going back to the 1680s it's ahell of a trip !!! G.B.

what are there names i will see if i can find anything

sorry the only one i have excess to is the Wigan Observer and District Advertiser