RETRO: August Wigan events in the 1970s and '80s including a half-marathon, horticultural show and school activities

By Charles Graham

Published 1st Aug 2023, 04:55 BST

After a scorching June, it’s not been a great summer so far, has it? But, as some of these pictures from our archives show, the sun wasn’t always shining on Wigan 40 or 50 years ago this month either.

Here are several August pictures taken of events including a half-marathon, horticultural show (including the obligatory outsized vegetables) and school event between the mid-1970s and ’80s.