All these images date from 1996 to 2003.
5. Local band Fleck - Phil Rigby and Kieran O'Leary - with Wigan Council cultural industries development worker Simon Kensdale outside the Grand Hotel Wigan, which was to be the base for music events
. Photo: GARY BRUNSKILL
6. Wigan Music Collective members make it a day out at Arts In The Park 2002
. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST
7. Wigan's Music Collective had the equipment but were appealing for performers. Pictured from left are Wigan Music Collective Rob Baker, Rob Fairhurst, Charlie Jeal, John Parry and Rivvy
. Photo: Paul Simpson
8. Singer Jane Collier, from Springfield, had won a place at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff
. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST