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Retro

Rustic panache: Stunning 22-room barn conversion on the market for £895,000

Ostensibly, to say you live in a barn these days is very much a boast rather than an admission. Barn conversions are all the rage owing to the fact that barns are large, nicely made out of brick, and usually situated in gorgeously rural settings. We all love a barn conversion.

Business

Holland Hall staff: (From left) owner Bill Kenyon, Hannah Roberts, Olly Lynn, Genice Hall, Karen Caddock, and Peter Sandiford.

Holland Hall: 17th century Wigan icon revitalised as four businesses rolled into one

Rolling four high-class businesses into one, Holland Hall really does do it all.

Business

Memories of the clubs recent history could be of great benefit to Wiganers with dementia and their families

Wigan Athletic treat fans to a blast from the past

Wigan Athletic is taking a journey through the ages to spark conversations among fans living with dementia.

Lifestyle

An old cinema in Wigan in the 60s lost in the passage of time

Wigan's sad demise of the silver screens

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane looks back at happy times when you could spend all day in the cinema for the price of one ticket...

Lifestyle

John starts a new life after eight decades

For Wigan pensioner John life begins at 80

Widow gains new lease for life by embracing his dream of becoming a singer...

Lifestyle

Thirty brilliant pictures of Wigan and Wiganers from our archives

We've delved into our deep archives once again to bring you some cracking pictures of Wigan and Wiganers through the decades.

News

Wigan fake photo swept the world

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane looks at some fake news from yesteryear...

Lifestyle

IN PICTURES - Wigan and Wiganers from yesteryear

Once again we've trawled through our archive of pictures dating back decades to bring you some of the best.

Lifestyle

Hungarian refugees arrive in the UK, on November 17, 1956 and are met at Blackbushe Airport by Social Workers. (Photo: Keystone/Getty Images)

When we welcomed hundreds of Hungarian refugees to Blackpool and Lancashire

In the 1950s, hundreds of Hungarian refugees settled in Blackpool, as well as other areas across the UK.

News

Prince Charles and Princess Diana chat to Stephen Hooton and his proud dad Jim as they arrive at Wigan North Western station en route to Skelmersdale in 1986

That other time Prince Charles was in Wigan...

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane recalls the time Prince Charles briefly popped in to say hello in the 1980s.

Lifestyle

Only Fools and Horses' character Del Boy Trotter

Petition calls for Del Boy statue at Only Fools and Horses tower block ahead of demolition

A petition calling for a Del Boy statue to be installed at the site of the soon-to-be-demolished tower block that appeared in Only Fools And Horses has been launched.

Entertainment

A woman dries her washing in a photograph by Humphrey Spender

Amazing pre-war pictures show our cultural heritage, warts and all!

Our top columnist Geoffrey Shryhane looks back at time when washing was done in tin baths in front of a roaring fire...

Lifestyle

13th March 1934: A worker finishing off a woollen suit at the Windsor factory at Blackpool. The Duchess of York ordered the clothing worn by the woolly Windsor doll for Princess Margaret Rose

IN PICTURES: On International Women's Day, we look back at women and the workplace

It’s International Women’s Day on Friday, and to mark the occasion, we looking back at the vital role women have played in the workplace, taking on what were traditionally male jobs, particularly in times of crisis.

Lifestyle