MEMORY LANE: pictures of pupils, staff and events at Britannia Bridge Primary School, Ince (1982-2012)

By Charles Graham

Published 7th Nov 2023, 04:55 BST

Updated 7th Nov 2023, 07:36 BST

Here’s a nostalgic trip to Britannia Bridge Primary School at Ince through the Wigan Today archives.

The gallery covers events, achievements, visits, staff and pupils from four decades including several from a fund-raising school summer fair in 2009.

1. Britannia Bridge summer fair. Tteacher Pat Jones volunteers for the stocks as pupil Chris Sudworth gets ready with the wet sponge

. Photo: Gary Brunskill

2. Professional chef and member of the Academy of Culinary Art, James Holden, centre, with Brandon Carrington, 11, front left, and Abby Overend,11, front right, both year five pupils from Britannia Bridge Primary as they learn about food, how to taste correctly and how to prepare food

. Photo: Michelle Adamson

3. The Britannia Bridge Primary School skittleball champions in 1982

. Photo: STAFF

4. Pupils from Britannia Bridge exhibited art work at The Grand Arcade about what they love about Wigan

. Photo: Paul Greenwood