Switching on the Wigan Christmas lights are Wigan rugby legends Billy Boston and Mike Gregory, The Mayor and Mayoress Councillor Wilf and Mrs Agnes Brogan with Father Christmas in 2003.Switching on the Wigan Christmas lights are Wigan rugby legends Billy Boston and Mike Gregory, The Mayor and Mayoress Councillor Wilf and Mrs Agnes Brogan with Father Christmas in 2003.
Switching on the Wigan Christmas lights are Wigan rugby legends Billy Boston and Mike Gregory, The Mayor and Mayoress Councillor Wilf and Mrs Agnes Brogan with Father Christmas in 2003.

IN PICTURES: Wigan Christmas lights switch on events through the years

The Wigan town centre Christmas lights switch on is usually the first of many festive events of the town. This year, due to Covid-19 restrictions, the event will be held virtually with online entertainment before the big switch on in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Leigh and then Wigan.
By Michelle Adamson
Published 18th Nov 2020, 09:51 BST
Updated 18th Nov 2020, 09:54 BST

Here's a look back at the festive fun in Wigan - can you see yourself in the crowd?

Fake snow showers on the crowd in 2011

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Fake snow showers on the crowd in 2011

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An excited crowd at the Wigan Christmas lights switch on event, Market Place in 2003.

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An excited crowd at the Wigan Christmas lights switch on event, Market Place in 2003.

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Wigan Rugby League's New Zealand brothers Tony and Kevin Iro switched on the town's Christmas lights in 1988.

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Wigan Rugby League's New Zealand brothers Tony and Kevin Iro switched on the town's Christmas lights in 1988.

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Top pop band of the day, McFly, switch on the Wigan Christmas lights watched by the Mayor of Wigan, Coun. John Hilton, on a snowy Saturday night in November 2004.

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Top pop band of the day, McFly, switch on the Wigan Christmas lights watched by the Mayor of Wigan, Coun. John Hilton, on a snowy Saturday night in November 2004.

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