Carol services are a festive tradition that the whole family can enjoy and will be taking place at churches across the borough over the next couple of weeks.
We’ve ploughed through our archives to find pictures of carol concerts in Wigan going as far back as 1974 up to 2019.
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Pupils from St Mary and St John's Primary School, St John Fisher High School and St John Rigby College students at St Teresa's RC Church, Up Holland, before the CAFOD Carol Service with Bishop Tom Williams, parish priest Canon Joseph D'Arcy, guest speaker Fr Jeyakumar of HUDEC/Caritas Sri Lanka, who talked about his work following the tsunami, and Chris Lappine, from CAFOD Photo: Nick Fairhurst
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Heath Street Methodist Church in Golborne held a carol service for Wigan and Leigh Hospice which raised £870 and was attended by Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham Photo: submit
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Staff and volunteers from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service at the town centre carol service in 2012 Photo: Nick Fairhurst
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Winstanley and Highfield Townswomen's Guild host a carol service event for north west guild members, held at Wigan Parish Church in 2018 Photo: MA