Many of the events pictured here may still feel fresh in older readers’ memories. We hope this gallery conjures up some fond ones.
17. 1990
1990 Wigan Carnival parade through the town centre Photo: staff
18. 1990
Firemen damp down after a fire which gutted classrooms at St. Peter's Catholic High School in Orrell on Sunday 16th of December 1990. Photo: Frank Orrell
19. 1990
Wigan MP Roger Stott looks stumped by Wigan Mayor, Coun. Ronald McAllister, at the launch of Wigan Cricket Festival on the Mesnes Playing Field on Saturday 1st of September 1990. Photo: Frank Orrell
20. 1990
A former church in Hindley was transformed into an angling superstore for Wigan's course fishermen pictured here in 1990 Photo: staff