Margaret Blakemore, left, who played June Meadows in Coronation Street, makes a charity draw for Vicky Cass-Buckley, owner of Cass Ladies Street and Clubwear in Hallgate on Monday 30th of October 2000.placeholder image
Margaret Blakemore, left, who played June Meadows in Coronation Street, makes a charity draw for Vicky Cass-Buckley, owner of Cass Ladies Street and Clubwear in Hallgate on Monday 30th of October 2000.

People making Wigan news in the first year of the new millennium

By Michelle Adamson
Published 12th Nov 2026, 15:45 GMT

With this latest rummage in the Wigan Today archives, readers can take a look at what was making the local headlines 26 years ago at the dawn on the new millennium.

It all seems so long ago now.

Robert Bolton, aged 7, from Standish was voted Wigan's grubbiest kid in February 2000. He battled against 100 other mucky youngsters in a competition organised by Ariel Hygiene Antibac in association with BHS winning £150 worth of vouchers and going through to the national finals. Robert's mum had sent in a photograph of him at his grubbiest which impressed the judges and his sister Sophie pictured here with him.

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Robert Bolton, aged 7, from Standish was voted Wigan's grubbiest kid in February 2000. He battled against 100 other mucky youngsters in a competition organised by Ariel Hygiene Antibac in association with BHS winning £150 worth of vouchers and going through to the national finals. Robert's mum had sent in a photograph of him at his grubbiest which impressed the judges and his sister Sophie pictured here with him. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Horse and trap rides at Haigh Steam and Vintage Rally on Saturday 26th of August 2000.

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Horse and trap rides at Haigh Steam and Vintage Rally on Saturday 26th of August 2000. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Some of the actors on site when streets in Higher Ince were transformed in May 2000 to create the illusion of 1930s Birkenhead for a Jimmy McGovern period drama "Liam" made by Liverpool based Liam Films in conjunction with the BBC.

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Some of the actors on site when streets in Higher Ince were transformed in May 2000 to create the illusion of 1930s Birkenhead for a Jimmy McGovern period drama "Liam" made by Liverpool based Liam Films in conjunction with the BBC. Photo: Frank Orrell

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The Warburtons vintage bread van parades at Haigh Steam and Vintage Rally on Saturday 26th of August 2000.

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The Warburtons vintage bread van parades at Haigh Steam and Vintage Rally on Saturday 26th of August 2000. Photo: Frank Orrell

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