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Classroom memories: nearly 50 years of pictures from Holy Family Primary, Platt Bridge

By Charles Graham

Published 23rd May 2024, 15:45 BST

As our tour of borough schools via the Wigan Today picture archive continues, we now drop in on Holy Family RC Primary School in Platt Bridge.

This gallery includes pupils, staff and events covering a period of almost half a century. Enjoy!

9. Holy Family Rugby team and coaches Paul and Martyn Kelly pictured with kit sponsor Kay Taylor of Platt Bridge Tanning and Beauty Salon

. Photo: Gary Brunskill

10. Platt Bridge Gala Day, a joint day involving Platt Bridge Community Forum and the Platt Bridge Cluster of schools based around the Children's Centre, at Holy Family RC Primary School.Jemima Mary, eight, who was announced as the winner of a competition to design a logo for the new Youth Matters youth group at the Platt Bridge Gala Day

. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST

11. Children from Platt Bridge Community School and Holy Family RC Primary at the newly-painted garages on Woodcock Drive, Platt Bridge, with Josephine Maguire, from Voice of Woodcock, artist Tracie Marshall, Mark Tebbutt, from Wigan and Leigh Housing, and Helen Seddon, from Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust

. Photo: Nick Fairhurst

12. Members of the 5th Ince Holy Family Brownies on the ice rink at the Platt Bridge Community Forum and Platt Bridge Cluster of Schools Christmas Extravaganza at Newbridge Learning Community

. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST

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