Here’s a random selection of photographs – including the opening of a youth club, a cycling group, drama production and tree-planting event – all covered by veteran photographer Frank Orrell in 1971.
RETRO: 1971
9. 1971
Wigan and District Brass Band ready to leave the market square for the World and National Brass Band Championships in London in October 1971.
They were the only English prize winners in their section coming fourth. Photo: Frank Orrell
Jennifer West as Katisha and John Benn in the title roll as the Mikado staged by Wigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society at St. John's Hall, Wigan, in October 1971. Photo: Frank Orrell