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.

Firefighters tackle the huge blaze at the Ruberoid Building Products factory in Appley Bridge on Monday 12th of June 2000.

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Firefighters tackle the huge blaze at the Ruberoid Building Products factory in Appley Bridge on Monday 12th of June 2000. Photo: Frank Orrell

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RETRO - Geoff Waller of L&J Wilcock potato suppliers, in Walnut Avenue, Whelley,

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RETRO - Geoff Waller of L&J Wilcock potato suppliers, in Walnut Avenue, Whelley, Photo: staff

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Manchester City manager Joe Royle finds the net in Wigan as he officially opens the town's first internet cafe in Rodney House, King Street, on Monday 28th of February 2000. Helping him out at the netcafe are BETA students and Wigan Technology managing directors Richard Walsh and Steve Halliwell.

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Manchester City manager Joe Royle finds the net in Wigan as he officially opens the town's first internet cafe in Rodney House, King Street, on Monday 28th of February 2000. Helping him out at the netcafe are BETA students and Wigan Technology managing directors Richard Walsh and Steve Halliwell. Photo: Frank Orrell

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