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.
5. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
Lisa and Andrew Clarke with dogs Gino and Duke, promote their healthy, cold pressed dog food, Guru, based at Appley Bridge Photo: MA
6. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
Wigan Central beer and cider festival organisers, deputy manager Shaun Ashton and manageress Jo Whalley Photo: Julian Brown
7. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
From left: Gill Dean, Christine Edwardson, Alan Baron, chief executive, Katie Stevenson and Janet Anderton at the Wigan and Leigh Hospice's Strictly Come Dancing Night Photo: Donna Clifford
8. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
The ground was being prepared and a plinth had been put in place, ready for the installation of the Dave Whelan statue in front of the DW Stadium Photo: MA