Celebrating awards and cheque presentations with the people of Wigan with some of the photographs taken in 2003.
RETRO: 2003
17. 2003
Leigh MP, Andy Burnham, lets fly at goal, as a team of MPs and councillors play against the WISH FM team, in a charity 5-a-side match at the JJB Soccerdome on Wednesday 20th of August 2003. Photo: Frank Orrell
There was no need to lose your head during this medieval jousting and horsemanship display but this effort showed that it was possible. The event held at Gunnels Fold Farm, Standish, on Sunday 24th of August 2003 was to help with funds for jumps at the Standish Croft Equestrian centre. Photo: Frank Orrell
Wigan Rugby Club skipper Andy Farrell and team-mates Brett Dallas, Brian Carney, Terry O'Connor, Terry Newton and Adrian Lam tying yellow ribbons at Mere Oaks School as part of the campaign against its closure on Monday 31st of March 2003. Photo: Frank Orrell
Catering assistant at Trencherfield Mill cafe, Christina Dean, serves the perfect cuppa on Wigan Pier to grateful runner Lynne Gough on Monday 6th of January 2003.
The Royal Society of Chemistry chose Wigan as the most appropriate town in which to unveil a recipe for the perfect cup of tea since in a celebrated newspaper article called 'A nice cup of tea' 4 years before his death in January 1950, George Orwell, famed for his gloomy portrayal of life in Northern England, 'The Road to Wigan Pier', attempted to define exacatly what made the flavour of tea so dear to the hearts of the nation. But staff at Trencherfield Mill's cafe believed they already knew. A good tip is to brew it in light coloured china. Photo: Frank Orrell