SCHOOLDAYS NOSTALGIA: gallery of pictures from St John Fisher High 1996-2003

By Charles Graham

Published 26th Sep 2023, 15:45 BST

Our latest peep into the Wigan Today education picture archives finds images of St John Fisher RC High School, Beech Hill, from the mid-1990s to the early noughties.

Long an institution with a reputation for producing sporting superstars, there a quite a few vintage photos celebrating thos achievements, but much more besides.

1. St John Fisher High pupils set for a tour of Australia left to right: Sean O'Loughlin, Billy Joe Edwards, Damien Simms, and Andrew Crabtree

. Photo: GARY BRUNSKILL

2. Pupils Stephanie Leatherbarrow, 12, and Anthony Fanning, 13, get the message of No Smoking Day

. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST

3. Members of the St John Fisher rugby team who got into the Guinness Book of Records for an unbeaten five-year run

. Photo: FRANK ORRELL

4. Brett Dallas trains St John Fisher pupils at The JJB Soccerdome

. Photo: JOHN LEATHERBARROW