There are a few famous faces, mainly sporting ones, amid all the charity, fun and festivities.
33. Members of the Ladies' Section of Scholes Labour Club, enjoying their Christmas party in the early 1970s
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34. Hindley St Peter's Primary School pupils Claire Carroll and Michael Jones were helping to launch the Wigan Hospice Christmas appeal with toy snowmen, teddy bears and Father Christmases in 1997
. Photo: FRANK ORRELL
35. Eberneezer Scrooge played by Richard Metcalfe meets Rhiann Molly as Tiny Tim in Wigan Pier Theatre Company's production of A Christmas Carol - The Musical
. Photo: GERALD WEBSTER