The events featured were organised by and raised money for local churches, schools and hospitals.
11. Wigan Mayor, Coun George McDonald, opens Wigan Infirmary Garden Party in 1975
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43 pictures from Wigan garden parties in the '70s
By Charles Graham
Published 7th May 2025, 04:55 GMT
We travel back half a century for this fabulous gallery of pictures taken at Wigan garden parties in the 1970s (few people seem to organise them anymore, sadly).