Nostalgia

Decades after it was last used, much of the equipment used to put on shows and films at what could be Wigan’s next big arts venue is still there.

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane looks at what Heinz means to Wigan...

Everyone loves looking at old pictures ...

Here’s our latest gallery of pictures of Wiganers through the decades.

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane reminisces with the original Calendar Girls...

Archaeologists have uncovered further evidence of the Roman road running from Wigan to Warrington - after decades of speculation.

Everyone loves looking at old pictures of Wigan ...

Our top columnist, Geoffrey Shryhane, remembers a time when toast tasted so good...

Oh, wait it is 1999!

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane takes a look back at things that were but no longer are...

British Leyland dominated the domestic motoring scene making some of the most famous names on the nation’s roads during the 1970s and 1980s.

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane takes a look at the very personal "Personal" columns of yesteryear!

Our top columnist, Geoffrey Shryhane, takes a look at a rugby clash that was a shock for all the wrong reasons...

As the Royal Air Force celebrates its centenary this week, here are some of the key dates, facts and figures surrounding the first 100 years of the junior service.

Everyone loves looking at old pictures of Wigan ...

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane takes a look at a more happy aspect of World War Two...

John Fletcher was one of the last railwaymen of the steam era in Lancashire. His new autobiography charts what life was like on the footplate, riding the rails of the Red Rose county

Our columnist, Geoffrey Shryhane, looks back in time at a swimming pool's untimely demise in his weekly column, My World...