Nice to nose you.....Wigan mayor Councillor Jimmy Jones comes face to face with five-year-old Gary Edwards at Wood Fold Primary School, Standish, for Red Nose Day in aid of Comic Relief on Friday 5th of February 1988.Nice to nose you.....Wigan mayor Councillor Jimmy Jones comes face to face with five-year-old Gary Edwards at Wood Fold Primary School, Standish, for Red Nose Day in aid of Comic Relief on Friday 5th of February 1988.
Nice to nose you.....Wigan mayor Councillor Jimmy Jones comes face to face with five-year-old Gary Edwards at Wood Fold Primary School, Standish, for Red Nose Day in aid of Comic Relief on Friday 5th of February 1988.

From the retro archives: Wiganers enjoy events in the 1970s and 1980s

Wiganers have fun at community events in the 70s and 80s
By Michelle Adamson
Published 20th May 2020, 09:14 BST
Updated 22nd May 2020, 09:42 BST

Enjoy the pictures ...

Piano smashing was a popular event at galas in the 1970s where an upright was demolished in the fastest possible time and the pieces had to be passed through a 9 inch hole. Here some hammer wielding lads are hard at work at St. Wilfrid's Gala, Standish, on Saturday 17th of June 1972.

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Piano smashing was a popular event at galas in the 1970s where an upright was demolished in the fastest possible time and the pieces had to be passed through a 9 inch hole. Here some hammer wielding lads are hard at work at St. Wilfrid's Gala, Standish, on Saturday 17th of June 1972.

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Wigan scout troops float or sink on their hand built rafts on Orrell Reservoirs during one of the first raft racing events in October 1975.

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Wigan scout troops float or sink on their hand built rafts on Orrell Reservoirs during one of the first raft racing events in October 1975.

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A young girl blows up a charity balloon at St. Williams Gala, Higher Ince, in September 1975.

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A young girl blows up a charity balloon at St. Williams Gala, Higher Ince, in September 1975.

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Pupils of Rectory CE Primary School, Garswood, who were trying their hand and mouths at Victorian games such as bob apple for the day on Friday 19th of May 1989.

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Pupils of Rectory CE Primary School, Garswood, who were trying their hand and mouths at Victorian games such as bob apple for the day on Friday 19th of May 1989.

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