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History of Wigan   (Help with ancient and recent history.)

Started by: jo anne (34699) 

The winners (link):

1st: Denise Colbert – Mary O’Shaugnessy – an unsung heroine of Leigh
2nd: Julie McKiernan – The Man Who Made Leigh Beautiful
Joint 3rd: Alf Ridyard – South Lancashire Tramways Ladies Football Team
Joint 3rd: Anthony Pilgrim - When General Patton ‘gave it to them double dirty’ at Ashton

Runners up:
Alex Hodge - Medieval stone cross bases in Standish
Derek Winstanley – Wigan Piers and Dock
Eric McPherson – Mr Gladstone’s Visit to Leigh

The latest edition of Past Forward is themed around women's history in Wigan Borough and is available from all Wigan Council libraries, the Museum of Wigan Life, the archives and at Waterstones in Wigan, priced £2.

Subscriptions (link)

You can receive Past Forward through the post for £9 for all three issues annually (UK price). Readers around the world can subscribe as well please contact us for up-to-date prices.

Anyone can also now subscribe to the digital version of the magazine. It has all the same content as the printed magazine but is emailed straight to your inbox for £6 per year.

Replied: 5th Dec 2015 at 16:53

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