And here are pictures from the Wigan Observer archives in which their residents, businesses, events and institutions have featured over many decades.
5. Wigan rugby league stars Andy Gregory, Graeme West, Joe Lydon, and Shaun Wane lend their support to a cheque presentation at Poolstock Labour Club to RMCH Bone Marrow Fund
. Photo: Gary Brunskill
6. A rooftop view along Poolstock Lane towards Wigan town centre in April 1972
. Photo: Frank Orrell
7. Actress Lynne Perrie who played Ivy Tilsley in Coronation Street trys her luck on a tombola stall after opening the Wigan Hospice garden party in Poolstock on Saturday September 12 1987
. Photo: Frank Orrell
8. The Comet Youth Club, Poolstock, "It's a Knockout " float with Queen, Joan Heyes, Rosebud, Joanne Miller, Princess, Gillian Ward, and retinue at Wigan Carnival in May 1977.
. Photo: Frank Orrell
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