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The Great Wall of Wigan Thomas Wall
Photo: Colin Harlow
Photo: Colin Harlow
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Item #: 18221
Item #: 18221
Thomas Wall, an energetic and ambitious man and founder of the Wigan Observer in 1853. His vigorous personality quickly took him into the relms of local government where he became an Alderman of Wigan Town Council and Chairman of the Board of Guardians. When Thomas Wall died, aged 88, in March 1904, he had laid the foundations of a weekly paper that outstripped all other journals published in Wigan, and this a matter of personal pride, the Thomas Wall company remained in control for 113 years.
Comment by: Gordon Knight on 9th August 2011 at 09:14
We don't see people like this gent anymore, he was also the post master of Wigan.
Comment by: Perkin Warbeck on 19th March 2018 at 00:21
Thomas Wall played in the first game for Wigan Cricket Club in 1848. The Wall family played an important role in the development of WCC
Comment by: Anne Nixon on 21st March 2021 at 20:21
He was my husband's great great grandfather.
Hi Anne. I am interested in history of Wigan Observer. Do you have any information?
Comment by: Colin Harlow on 10th August 2021 at 19:36
Wigan Observer founder Thomas Wall lived on Park road, Southport up to his death on the 21st March 1904, aged 88. His resting place is in
Wigan Cemetery.
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