RETRO 2007 Health and Beauty Therapy students and staff at Wigan and Leigh College, Parsons Walk, Wigan wore pink and collected money from fellow students in aid of Breast Cancer. Pictured with lecturer Norma Meadows (seated) with, from left, Kirstie Swift, Siobhan Ready, Coran Thomas and Laura Keggin.placeholder image
RETRO 2007 Health and Beauty Therapy students and staff at Wigan and Leigh College, Parsons Walk, Wigan wore pink and collected money from fellow students in aid of Breast Cancer. Pictured with lecturer Norma Meadows (seated) with, from left, Kirstie Swift, Siobhan Ready, Coran Thomas and Laura Keggin.

It's 2007 in Wigan and we have schools, spirit mediums and the Grand Arcade launch caught on camera

By Michelle Adamson
Published 4th Mar 2026, 15:45 GMT

To think that almost two decades have elapsed since 2007 now. Memories for some will still be fresh and here’s a reminder of some of the things that were happening in Wigan that year

They include the celebrity launch of the Grand Arcade, school events, spirit mediums at Haigh Hall and the opening of a new town centre restaurant.

RETRO 2007 Firefighter John Houghton, who organised a charity car wash by Green Watch at Wigan Fire Station, right, and Deputy Borough Commander Paul Petrykowski, present Wigan and Leigh Hospice volunteer fundraiser Ken Rees with a cheque for £300. Three other charities were also given a share of the £1,200 total raised.

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RETRO 2007 Firefighter John Houghton, who organised a charity car wash by Green Watch at Wigan Fire Station, right, and Deputy Borough Commander Paul Petrykowski, present Wigan and Leigh Hospice volunteer fundraiser Ken Rees with a cheque for £300. Three other charities were also given a share of the £1,200 total raised. Photo: Nick Fairhurst

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RETRO 2007 - Trainees and staff at Rathbone Training, Princess Street, Wigan, ready for their balloon race lift off during their Tickled Pink day to raise money to fight breast cancer.

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RETRO 2007 - Trainees and staff at Rathbone Training, Princess Street, Wigan, ready for their balloon race lift off during their Tickled Pink day to raise money to fight breast cancer. Photo: Nick Fairhurst

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RETRO 2007 - Infants at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Springfield, put on a song and dance at their harvest festival celebration, organised by Key Stage One manager Geraldine McAdam, left, at which the food, toys and clothes collected were handed over to Cherry Williams, refuge manager of Wigan Women's Aid, right.

11. RETRO 2007

RETRO 2007 - Infants at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Springfield, put on a song and dance at their harvest festival celebration, organised by Key Stage One manager Geraldine McAdam, left, at which the food, toys and clothes collected were handed over to Cherry Williams, refuge manager of Wigan Women's Aid, right. Photo: Nick Fairhurst

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