Many of the events pictured here may still feel fresh in older readers’ memories. We hope this gallery conjures up some fond ones.
9. 1990
Nice to bleat you....six year old Andrew Marsden from St. Wilfrid's Infants School, Standish, makes friends with a two day old lamb during a trip to Greenslate Farm, Billinge, which his school was visiting as part of an "Animals in Winter" topic on Wednesday 17th of January 1990. Photo: Frank Orrell
10. 1990
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with Director General of the Tidy Britain Group Professor Graham Ashworth, Mayor of Wigan Councillor Audrey Bennett, and Environment Minister David Trippier when Mrs. Thatcher opened the Tidy Britain HQ at Trencherfield Mill on Friday 26th of January 1990. Photo: Frank Orrell
11. 1990
Wigan journalist Geoffrey Shryhane meets Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher when she visited Wigan in 1990. Photo: staff
12. 1990
Wigan mayor, Coun. Audrey Bennett, launches the first bowling ball at the official opening of Wigan Superbowl on Thursday 22nd of February 1990. Photo: Frank Orrell