Lynn Hitchin owner of Lancashire Tea Rooms at The Galleries Shopping Arcade, right, with staff , from left, Doreen Clements, Gail McDonagh, Stacey Corey, Pam Seddon, Terry Stoddart, Sharon Leyland and Greg Stanton.Lynn Hitchin owner of Lancashire Tea Rooms at The Galleries Shopping Arcade, right, with staff , from left, Doreen Clements, Gail McDonagh, Stacey Corey, Pam Seddon, Terry Stoddart, Sharon Leyland and Greg Stanton.
Lynn Hitchin owner of Lancashire Tea Rooms at The Galleries Shopping Arcade, right, with staff , from left, Doreen Clements, Gail McDonagh, Stacey Corey, Pam Seddon, Terry Stoddart, Sharon Leyland and Greg Stanton.

RETRO: News and closed pubs in 2007

The Wigan Today picture archives yield some fond and perhaps sad memories as we look at what was making the news in 2007.
By Gary Brunskill and Michelle Adamson
Published 31st Jan 2023, 12:30 BST

There are some lovely school, drama and business pictures but also several reminders of old Wigan pubs that are no longer with us.

Pupils from the WOW Cluster of Schools, from Winstanley, Orrell and Worsley Mesnes, get set to launch their rockets at the Gifted and Talented Rocket Simulation Day at Winstanley Primary School.

9. 2007

Pupils from the WOW Cluster of Schools, from Winstanley, Orrell and Worsley Mesnes, get set to launch their rockets at the Gifted and Talented Rocket Simulation Day at Winstanley Primary School. Photo: Nick Fairhurst

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Byrchall High School Years Seven and Eight pupils and teacher Janice Gleave-Johnson, head of Year Seven, front, who raised £1,883.95 for LEPRA through a sponsored aerobics session, with Jacqui Fairburn, LEPRA Lancashire and Merseyside community fundraiser. The amount was enough to save 89 lives from leprosy and other diseases of poverty.

10. 2007

Byrchall High School Years Seven and Eight pupils and teacher Janice Gleave-Johnson, head of Year Seven, front, who raised £1,883.95 for LEPRA through a sponsored aerobics session, with Jacqui Fairburn, LEPRA Lancashire and Merseyside community fundraiser. The amount was enough to save 89 lives from leprosy and other diseases of poverty. Photo: Nick Fairhurst

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The late Paul Buer (right) in Wigan Little Theatre's production of The Hollow in October 2007.

11. 2007

The late Paul Buer (right) in Wigan Little Theatre's production of The Hollow in October 2007. Photo: Nick Fairhurst

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Children from Mab's Cross Primary school linked up with staff at MK One, Standishgate to form a "circle of friends" on National Anti-Bullying day.

12. 2007

Children from Mab's Cross Primary school linked up with staff at MK One, Standishgate to form a "circle of friends" on National Anti-Bullying day. Photo: PAUL GREENWOOD

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