The photographs were found in the Wigan Today archives and were taken between 1987 and 2007.


2. Science day at St John Rigby College where pupils from various high schools in the borough came together to work together. Here, Nicole Smith, Bryn Jones, Jessica Culshaw, Mellisa Burrows and Michelle Neville make a bridge and test its strength
. Photo: GARY KELMAN

3. Dead Ringers star John Culshaw, a student of Orrell's St John Rigby College from 1984 to 1987, was the special guest at the college's prize-giving evening. He is seen with top students Sarah Jones and Daniele Kelly
. Photo: sub

4. Albert Einstein, alias St John Rigby College head of science Dave Darby, celebrates the centenary of the Theory of Relativity with students Anna-Marie Hindley, left, and Sarah Welsby on what would have been the genius's 126th birthday
. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST
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