Here is a selection of pictures dating back to the beginning of the 1990s when a certain Prime Minister came a visiting.
5. Helping to look after their new Early Years garden at St Patrick's RC School are pupils of RS class, left to right William Abram, Emma Davies, Stephanie Close, Melika Abba and Natasha Ruddy. The Nursery and Early Years gardens were officially opend by the Mayor of Wigan Councillor Jim Pye on Thursday.The children have worked with "People and Places" in planning and building the gardens. Tidy Britain Group and the Wigan City Challenge financed the project
. Photo: GERALD WEBSTER
6. Tidy Britain volunteers dressed as pop group Steps to help collect rubbish around Wigan as part of the "Just Bin-It" campaign. Pictured are "Better the devil you know"- a hit with the pop group Steps with some of their rubbish they have collected are from left to right; Kath Derbyshire, Sue Fairhurst, Lindsay Pritchard, Cath Kilgallon and Gail Ormston
. Photo: PS
7. Tidy Britain were having a problem with vandalism on their exhibition trailer which had now found a safe haven at Reality, Martland Mill, Wigan. Pupils from St Anne's CE School visited are pictured with the mobile centre
. Photo: JOHN LEATHERBARROW
8. Alan Woods, chief executive of Tidy Britain Group, joins Wellington the Womble and volunteer Joanne Butcher in a litter pick at Wigan Pier in 2004
. Photo: GARY BRUNSKILL