RETRO: Walking Days in Wigan

Digging into our archives, we have found a selection of photographs of annual walking days in the borough from various years in the 1970s and 1980s.

By Michelle Adamson

Published 28th May 2023, 04:55 BST

Updated 30th May 2023, 10:46 BST

See also: REWIND: Revellers on the town in 2007 and RETRO: memories from The Three Sisters race track and nature reserve in decades past

Boys and girls of St. Barnabas church, Marsh Green, ready for their walking day on Sunday 9th of June 1974.

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Boys and girls of St. Barnabas church, Marsh Green, ready for their walking day on Sunday 9th of June 1974. Photo: Frank Orrell

Deputy Mayor of Wigan, Councillor Audrey Bennett, becomes the first woman ever to march in the Catholic Men's Society Rosary Sunday walk on Sunday 2nd of October 1988. The annual walk had been held since 1910.

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Deputy Mayor of Wigan, Councillor Audrey Bennett, becomes the first woman ever to march in the Catholic Men's Society Rosary Sunday walk on Sunday 2nd of October 1988. The annual walk had been held since 1910. Photo: Frank Orrell

Ready for the off at St. Catherine's, Scholes, walking day on Sunday 19th of June 1977.

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Ready for the off at St. Catherine's, Scholes, walking day on Sunday 19th of June 1977. Photo: Frank Orrell

The banner girls lead the way up Ormskirk Road on walking day for St. John's, Pemberton, on Sunday 9th of June 1974.

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The banner girls lead the way up Ormskirk Road on walking day for St. John's, Pemberton, on Sunday 9th of June 1974. Photo: Frank Orrell