MEMORY LANE: vintage pictures of pupils, staff, events and visitors at St Thomas's CE Primary School, Ashton-in-Makerfield

By Charles Graham

Published 26th Jan 2024, 15:45 BST

Our latest collection of archive pictures of Wigan schools gathers together images taken at St Thomas’s CE Primary in Ashton.

For past pupils and staff there will be many familiar faces.

1. St Thomas's CE Primary School, Ashton-in-Makerfield

. Photo: UGC

2. Pouring rain couldn't dampen the spirits of pupils from St Thomas's who, with the help of Asda and Haigh Wardens, had constructed a ature garden on the school site

. Photo: JOHN LEATHERBARROW

3. St Thomas's took part in an Art Enhancement Day. Here's some bubble painting with teacher Kate Hall from Byrchall High and St Thomas's pupils, left to right: Abbie, Hannah, Amber, and Carmen

. Photo: GB

4. Ashton St Thomas's May Queen procession assemble at the junior school in 1973

. Photo: STAFF