20 °C | Monday 15th August | Cloudy
Login   |   Register   |   
wiganworld album
Album

Upload your photos. Thousands of old Wigan photos to browse and comment on.

Wigan Cemetery Index
Wigan Cemetery Index

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

Wigan Message Boards
Wigan Message Boards

General Wigan chat, find out more about Wigan, trace relatives, get help.

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

Registration not required to list items for sale, wanted, swaps, upload photos.

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.

Somewhere in the south of France.
Photo: . Ozymandias .

Taken on August 6th 1970 on a trip to the French Riviera. Stopped by the roadside for a quick Woodbine. Ozy on left, John Heaton on the right. The vehicle was a Humber Pullman, fitted with a Perkins P60 Diesel engine. Exact vintage of the car unknown. RBG archive.

Family Research

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.

Gidlow Glorious Gladiolus

Gidlow Glorious Gladiolus
by Mick Byrne

(Panasonic DMC-TZ100)

(Wednesday, 22nd September, 2021)

Wigan Cyclist

Wigan Cyclist
by Mick Byrne

(Panasonic DMC-TZ100)

(Monday, 20th April, 2020)

What you're talking about now

Message Started by Replies Views Last Post
Brexit: It is what yoo voted for
"Brexit Britain surges back! UK economy to grow by huge 7% after Covid, new report predict...		 Tommy Two Stroke 250 5,306 15th Aug 2022, 15:46
Song for Tom Plum
When I lived in Manchester, I used to get invited to boozy so called Medieval Banquets at ...		 ena malcup - 12 15th Aug 2022, 15:43
The P L starts tonight
Predictions please bearing in mind its a funny old season with the World Cup intervening f...		 grimshaw 81 809 15th Aug 2022, 15:30
Haaland
I think this football season is going to be special now this monster of a man has arrived ...		 eggbeater 23 279 15th Aug 2022, 15:00
Hey Baz
we've not had any reports about how many posts there are on WR lately, are you slipping or...		 tomplum 34 579 15th Aug 2022, 14:48
Hey C'mon haters, lets rejoice
Ok, I'm offering the olive branch, the sun is shining and the sky is blue, I don't want t...		 tomplum 15 262 15th Aug 2022, 14:18
EX DOWNALL GREENERS 20
HERE WE GO NUMBER 20 [url="http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/communicate/mb_message.php?opt=f...		 bambam 44 565 15th Aug 2022, 14:06
Electric Cars
Would yo buy one?		 First Mate 16 219 15th Aug 2022, 13:00
Waterfall
This is a PAINTING (more on that later) of a waterfall. It is only a tad over sixty mil...		 ena malcup 13 263 15th Aug 2022, 12:21
Well Done
SD, For reaching 10,000+ posts Like me, another major contributor to Wigans no1 site ...		 basil brush 102 1,191 15th Aug 2022, 10:12
View Message Boards