Take a look at these adorable New Year's Day Wigan babies born over the years

By Gaynor Clarke

Published 30th Dec 2025, 04:55 GMT

Any baby’s arrival into the world is a special occasion, but there’s something especially momentous when that happens in the first few hours of a new year.

This gallery celebrates some of the Wigan tots born on January 1 over several years when Observer photographers were there to welcome them.

Catherine and Mark Hardy, from Whelley, with their daughter, born at 6pm on January 1, 2011, weighing 8lb 1oz

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Catherine and Mark Hardy, from Whelley, with their daughter, born at 6pm on January 1, 2011, weighing 8lb 1oz Photo: Nick Fairhurst

Sarah Jolley, from Howe Bridge, with baby Ella Louis Mary Baxendale, born January 1, 2005 at 12.25am weighing 8lb 9oz

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Sarah Jolley, from Howe Bridge, with baby Ella Louis Mary Baxendale, born January 1, 2005 at 12.25am weighing 8lb 9oz Photo: Paul Greenwood

Gina Warburton and Daniel O'Brien, from Golborne, with Olivia, born at 7.43pm on January 1, 2011, weighing 7lb 7oz

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Gina Warburton and Daniel O'Brien, from Golborne, with Olivia, born at 7.43pm on January 1, 2011, weighing 7lb 7oz Photo: Nick Fairhurst

Jennie Jones, from Ashton, and baby Lois, born at 8.36am on New Year's Day 2009 at Wigan Infirmary weighing 8lb 2oz

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Jennie Jones, from Ashton, and baby Lois, born at 8.36am on New Year's Day 2009 at Wigan Infirmary weighing 8lb 2oz Photo: John Leatherbarrow

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