This gallery from the Observer archive contains pictures all taken in the middle 10 days of November 2016.
This is the first time many of them have seen the light of day since.
1. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
Advanced Level Waller, Tracy Cumberbatch pictured working on a dry stone wall in Haigh Photo: Julian Brown
2. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
Wigan-born artist Ivor Abrahams Photo: Contributed
3. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
Staff and pupils were joined by Rev Neil Cook as they release red balloons to commemorate Armistice Day and to pray for peace, at St James's Primary School, Worsley Mesnes Photo: MA
4. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
Victoria Nichol, centre manager at The Galleries shopping centre, Wigan, joined members of Bolton Caledonia Pipe Band, performing at the centre as part of Armistice commemorations Photo: MA
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