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.
21. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
Wigan Business Awards winners Photo: Kevin McGuinness
22. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
Nellie Page celebrates her 100th birthday surrounded by friends, family and staff at Reflections CIC Memory Day Care, Orrell. The Mayor of Wigan Coun Ron Conway and Mayoress Janet Conway as joined the party Photo: MA
23. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
Wigan and Leigh Hospice held their annual Christmas Fair at St Peter's Pavilion. It featured craft stalls, food outlets, tombolla plus a visit from Father Christmas. In Santa's Grotto are, left to right: Chloe Bassett and cousins Ava and Evie Bassett Photo: Paul Heyes
24. Wigan headline-makers in mid-November 2016
A group of female fitness fanatics from the strongman gym Break The Bar in Leigh, were shooting a charity calendar for terminally-ill mum Polly Haydock Photo: Paul Heyes