May Day Rally All smiles from the platform party who opened Ther NULSC May Day Gala at Haigh Hall Ian Mc Cartney and Hazel Blears Health Minister lead the waving.

Rewind: May Day Galas at Haigh Hall in years past

By Sian Jones

Published 21st Apr 2024, 04:55 BST

With May Day almost upon us, we look back at one of the many Wigan events celebrating this bank holiday with its sometimes political connections.

The May Day Rally and Gala at Haigh Hall was a very popular event for thousands of Wiganers and many a Labour Party grandee appeared there over the years.

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Shadow Employment Spokesman and Future Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, trys his luck on the tombola stall with Wigan Labour Party officials at the May Day Carnival at Haigh Hall on Monday 4th of May 1987. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Deputy PM John Prescott his wife Pauline and Ian McCartney give a wave on the balcony ay The May day rally at Haigh Hall Photo: John Leatherbarrow

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