REWIND: picture memories from over the decades of Haigh village, the hall and woodland park
It’s a bank holiday weekend and lots of people will be heading to Wigan’s jewel-in-the-crown Haigh Woodland Park.
By Charles Graham
Published 27th May 2023, 15:45 BST
So we thought we’d dust down some archive pictures of events at the venue – as well as the nearby village – to evoke some happy memories.


2. The May bank holiday rally at Haigh Hall in 1982. That year the guest Labour Party speaker was former chancellor Dennis Healy
. Photo: Gary Brunskill

3. Wigan's new corporation double decker buses are launched during the early 1970s here one is pictured in front of Haigh Hall
. Photo: sub

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