Unsurprisingly, given the political make-up of the area over the decades, there are more Labour bigwigs than those from any other parties.
5. Labour Party leader James Callaghan visits Wigan MP Roger Stott at his home in Aspull in 1980
. Photo: Submitted
6. OK, so this isn't Wigan, but Wembley when Prime Minister John Major met Wigan RL captain Dean Bell after winning the 1992 Challenge Cup
. Photo: FRANK ORRELL
7. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher getting an audience with Wigan reporting legend Geoffrey Shryhane
. Photo: submitted
8. Harold Wilson, who had resigned as Prime Minister just four days earlier, presents awards at the English Schools Swimming International organised by local teachers at Wigan International Pool in March 1976.
. Photo: Frank Orrell