And to get folk in the mood, here is a gallery of pictures taken of Children in Need fund-raisers from years past. Pyjamas feature heavily!

45. Staff from Wigan Council, from left, Tracie Smith, Jonathan Kerry and John Marshall, were Pedalling for Pudsey on an excercise bike in the foyer of Wigan Life Centre
. Photo: MA

46. Staff and volunteers at Fix-it UK, a Wigan based charity, get a visit from Pudsey Bear as part of a charity cycle organised by DFS
. Photo: Michelle Adamson

47. Hair stylist Jenny Lane, of Hair Couture, Church Lane, Shevington, who wore pyjamas and sold cakes
. Photo: NF

48. Shevington Community Primary School pupils and staff held a pyjama day and baked and sold cakes
. Photo: Nick Fairhurst
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