Rock singer and musician, Chesney Hawkes, left, and members of his band Manna with student, Amanda Taylor, during a music workshop at St. John Rigby College on Thursday 2nd of November 2000. Rock singer and musician, Chesney Hawkes, left, and members of his band Manna with student, Amanda Taylor, during a music workshop at St. John Rigby College on Thursday 2nd of November 2000.
Rock singer and musician, Chesney Hawkes, left, and members of his band Manna with student, Amanda Taylor, during a music workshop at St. John Rigby College on Thursday 2nd of November 2000.

RETRO: Celebrities who visited Wigan in the noughties

Looking through the Wigan Today photo archives we have found a host of celebrities, actors, singers, sports stars, politicians and royalty visiting the borough in the noughties.
By Michelle Adamson
Published 5th Jan 2023, 15:45 BST

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Sir Ian McKellen receives a Gerald Rickards painting of the lily pond at Haigh Hall from Daniel Pye from Holgate Primary School and Emma Beardsworth from Hindley Junior and Infants School watched by chairman of the hospice trustees, Gordon Valentine, and artist Gerald Rickards.

1. 2004

Sir Ian McKellen receives a Gerald Rickards painting of the lily pond at Haigh Hall from Daniel Pye from Holgate Primary School and Emma Beardsworth from Hindley Junior and Infants School watched by chairman of the hospice trustees, Gordon Valentine, and artist Gerald Rickards. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Sir Ian McKellen takes time out to chat to local schoolchildren before unveiling the hospice murals.

2. 2004

Sir Ian McKellen takes time out to chat to local schoolchildren before unveiling the hospice murals. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Ray Lewis, front, Andre Clements, Kojo Adisi and Leroy Davies sing the Drifters famous hits including "Under the Boardwalk" and Saturday Night at the Movies" to pupils at Hope School, Marus Bridge, on Tuesday 19th of December 2006.

3. 2006

Ray Lewis, front, Andre Clements, Kojo Adisi and Leroy Davies sing the Drifters famous hits including "Under the Boardwalk" and Saturday Night at the Movies" to pupils at Hope School, Marus Bridge, on Tuesday 19th of December 2006. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Andre Clements, left, Ray Lewis, Leroy Davies and Kojo Adisi of The Drifters sing their famous hits including "Under the Boardwalk" and Saturday Night at the Movies" to pupils at Hope School, Marus Bridge, on Tuesday 19th of December 2006. The legendary soul group's visit was arranged by Phillip Yates, a close friend of Ray Lewis, who had a daughter at the school.

4. 2006

Andre Clements, left, Ray Lewis, Leroy Davies and Kojo Adisi of The Drifters sing their famous hits including "Under the Boardwalk" and Saturday Night at the Movies" to pupils at Hope School, Marus Bridge, on Tuesday 19th of December 2006. The legendary soul group's visit was arranged by Phillip Yates, a close friend of Ray Lewis, who had a daughter at the school. Photo: Frank Orrell

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