Last orders for Landlord Walter Corless at the Hinge Makers Arms, Heath Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, 2006, he retired from the pub that has been in his family since 1922.Last orders for Landlord Walter Corless at the Hinge Makers Arms, Heath Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, 2006, he retired from the pub that has been in his family since 1922.
Last orders for Landlord Walter Corless at the Hinge Makers Arms, Heath Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, 2006, he retired from the pub that has been in his family since 1922.

20 photographs raising a glass to Wigan landlords and landladies of the past

We know pubs are shut during lockdwon, but here we celebrate landlords, landladies and bar staff at pubs across the Wigan borough from 2000 to 2010.
By Michelle Adamson
Published 21st Jan 2021, 18:45 BST

Can you spot any familiar faces behind the bar? Each will be a familiar face to a generation of drinkers who enjoyed a tipple or two during the 2000s.

Ian Thorpe, landlord of The Anvil, Dorning Street, Wigan, holds The Alan Ball Award in Pub of the Year 2002, awarded by CAMRA - The Campaign for Real Ale.

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Ian Thorpe, landlord of The Anvil, Dorning Street, Wigan, holds The Alan Ball Award in Pub of the Year 2002, awarded by CAMRA - The Campaign for Real Ale.

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Landlord and landlady Malcolm and Di Meadows, in front of the roaring log fire with a boar's head above it at The Boar's Head, Standish, 2007.

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Landlord and landlady Malcolm and Di Meadows, in front of the roaring log fire with a boar's head above it at The Boar's Head, Standish, 2007.

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The Famous Pagefield, Wigan, landlady Sharon Arkell celebrates the re-opening of the pub in 2008.

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The Famous Pagefield, Wigan, landlady Sharon Arkell celebrates the re-opening of the pub in 2008.

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The Latham House Inn landlady and landlord Evelyn and Tony O'Malle, 2005.

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The Latham House Inn landlady and landlord Evelyn and Tony O'Malle, 2005.

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