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Upload your photos. Thousands of old Wigan photos to browse and comment on.

Wigan Cemetery Index
Wigan Cemetery Index

Index covers 3rd September 1856 to 30th November 2007.

Wigan Message Boards
Wigan Message Boards

General Wigan chat, find out more about Wigan, trace relatives, get help.

What's On in Wigan
What's On in Wigan

Local events in and around Wigan, why not list yours, it's free.

Wigan Chronology
Wigan Chronology

Local chronology from Wigan Almanacs covering most years from 1879 to 1949.

Wigan Classifieds
Wigan Classifieds

Registration not required to list items for sale, wanted, swaps, upload photos.

Local History
Lots more Local History

Town directories, streets, court leet rolls, stories, books...

Wigan Blog
Wigan Blog

General musings mainly about Wigan and the wiganworld website.

Fred Dibnah
In memory of Fred Dibnah, world famous steeplejack.
Wigan Family & Local History Society
Wigan Family & Local History Society.
Wigan FHS
Pubs of the Past
Pubs of the Past Wigan pubs in photos and other info.
Reading Room
Reading Room - 27 pages of old Wigan News from 1890.
Wigan Views, 1908
Wigan Views, 1908. A souvenir booklet of old photos and ads.

Billy Riley
Photo: Gerry

I dont know how this pic got into our shoebox but here it is for all to enjoy........In the Red corner the one and only Billy Riley

Family Research

Wigan Cemetery Index
Wigan Cemetery Index

Index covers 3rd September 1856 to 30th November 2007.
(117,917 entries)

Gidlow Cemetery Index
Gidlow Cemetery Index

Index covers 14th January 1948 to 13th December 2013.
(16,188 entries)

Hindley Cemetery Index
Hindley Cemetery Index

Index covers 10th June 1880 to 18th December 2012.
(32,307 entries)

Ince Cemetery Index
Ince Cemetery Index

Index covers 6th October 1857 to 10th December 2009.
(39,319 entries)

Westwood Cemetery Index
Westwood Cemetery Index

Index covers 12th January 1946 to 31st December 2007.
(5,697 entries)

Howe Bridge Cemetery Index
Howe Bridge Cemetery Index

Index covers 13th January 1975 to 31st December 2007.
(1,854 entries)

Wigan Genealogy
Wigan Genealogy

Local genealogy for the Wigan area only. 1,000s of names listed.

Wigan Family & Local History Society
Wigan Family & Local History Society

The promotion and encouragement of research into family and local history.

Bird watching

Bird watching
by Mick Byrne

(Sony PMB)

(Sunday, 5th May, 2013)

Scholes

Scholes
by Thomas Walsh

(Canon PowerShot A1200)

(Saturday, 26th May, 2012)

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23 degrees in Southport today ,3 other cyclists and myself met on the canal at Woodhouse ...		 tomplum 6 65 2nd May 2024, 23:55
‘Wake up call’ for the Warriors
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RIVETING VIEWING
I'm addicted to watching the Post Office Inquiry which is being shown live on YOUTUBE.. ...		 admin 4 93 2nd May 2024, 22:24
The count
How much does it pay the vote counters or is it overtime for the town hall gang 		i-spy 3 52 2nd May 2024, 22:15
Brass Band Contest 2024
Could someone provide a link to whitfridaybrass.org This is the Tameside Whit Friday Br...		 mortarmillbill 2 48 2nd May 2024, 20:56
Brass bands
Don’t know whether my memory is failing again but didn’t Wigan once have a lot of band...		 i-spy 12 248 2nd May 2024, 20:45
Home visits
Yvonne has been in and out of hospital FIVE TIMES (back in now) this year alone and up to ...		 PeterP 51 1,427 2nd May 2024, 19:58
CHILDHOOD COMICS
Which were your favourites as a kid. I loved Bunty and Judy, and the Beano and the Dand...		 mollie m 44 494 2nd May 2024, 14:42
Medicines/chemists
At times one of our cupboards and a work top looks like a chemists shop. Yvonne's medicati...		 PeterP 14 460 2nd May 2024, 12:22
Comics
I recon TONKER would read all nasty comics		 bentlegs 3 151 2nd May 2024, 11:39
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