Take a look at these fabulous pictures from our archives …
See also: Wiganers on the town in 2002 and The Verve in Wigan: It's 25 years ago this month since The Verve played Haigh Hall
13. 1986
The Wigan Wolverines American Football team with owner Bronson Penarski pictured at Clarington Park in July 1986. Photo: Frank Orrell
14. 1986
A service of a different kind from the Auxilliary Bishop of Liverpool, John Rawsthorne, who showed his table tennis skills after blessing the new sports hall and other buildings at St. John Rigby College, Orrell, on Wednesday 16th of April 1986. Photo: Frank Orrell
15. 1986
St. Bernadettes RC Primary School float at Shevington Carnival on Saturday 28th of June 1986. Photo: Frank Orrell
16. 1986
The cast of the pantomime "Old King Cole" staged by St. John's Drama Society, Pemberton, in January 1986. Photo: Frank Orrell