Stuff

Stuff

Thomas Woodcock VC Ancient and Loyal Booklets Famous Wiganers Interviews Timeline Wigan dialect Wigan speyk! Oddities Black & White Local art Local poetry Contributions Requests Memories I remember... My collection Pubs of the past Wigan quizzes Picture quizzes Wigan Cemetery Index Gidlow Cemetery Index Hindley Cemetery Index Ince Cemetery Index Westwood Cemetery Index Howe Bridge Cemetery Index Roll of honour Reading room Reading room 2 Spitfire crash Street history Wigan streets, 1890 Wigan streets, 1903 Wigan streets, 1909 Wigan streets, 1933 Wigan pits Wigan yards On this day in... Chronology Court leet rolls Documented Ephemera Wigan past Wigan crest Old news 1825 Directory 1869 Directory 1881 Directory Hindley Directory Ince Directory Upholland residents Wigan residents, 1968 1889 Yearbook Wigan Views, 1908 Old Borough Guide Picture Post, 1939 Recipes, 1925 Your letters Diverted

Oddities, Youngest Santa in the land

Dec 1969 - Youngest Santa in the land

Alan Bevan, a 14-year-old pupil at Abraham Guest School, Orrell, donned a flowing white beard and a Father Christmas outfit to become one of the youngest ever Santas. Alan is seen presenting a gift to seven-year-old Stephen Gallagher, one of 18 pupils from Mere Oaks School, who attended a Christmas party at Abraham Guest School.

Youngest Santa in the land