Flashback: pictures of staff and pupils of Abram St John's Primary over 40 years

By Charles Graham

Published 21st Mar 2024, 15:45 BST

A delightful collection of Wigan Today archive pictures from the mid-1970s to the mid-2010s featuring staff, pupils and events at St John’s CE Primary School in Abram.

It’s nice to have been there right from the start with the sod-cutting. And there are some lovely ones of a mock-up royal wedding from six years ago.

1. St John's CE Primary School, Abram

. Photo: STAFF

2. The first sod is cut on the site of the new Abram CE Primary School in Simpkin Street by 11-year-old pupils, Richard Ashcroft and Carol Greenwood, on Tuesday March 29 1977. Presiding over matters is the vicar of St. John's, Abram, Rev. Robert Douthwaite

. Photo: Frank Orrell

3. Orange faces on this trio of Abram girls making the most of the St John's Church Christmas Fair which was held in the school hall in 1996. They were Natalie Gormley, Katie Derbyshire and Melanie Baxter, all aged seven

. Photo: JOHN LEATHERBARROW

4. Abram St John's mock royal wedding in 2018

. Photo: Neil Cross