Articles

The Great War history of 1/5th Battalion Manchester Regiment (Wigan Territorial Force) 1914-1919 by Graham Taylor

A "friends group" created to protect and renovate the chimney, one of only four structures left in this country.

A visit by Derek Winstanley to the church where he worshipped as a boy and recalling its association with the local mining community.

Research into the Wigan Wallgate Station War Memorial that once was on display in the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway loco sheds in Prescott Street, Wigan. By Graham Taylor

An article by Dr. Stephen Craig-Smith.

A history of the family and the business from Paul Macfarlane and Andy Lomax.

Article by Andy Lomax on the life of Humphrey Walmesley.

A critique of author George Orwell and his book "The Road to Wigan Pier, by Tom Walsh.

The use of maps as an aid to historical and family history research. The history of the Ordnance Survey and a look at Wigan on a 1951 OS map. By Graham Taylor.

The story of two friends from Wallgate who were to meet up again in WW1. One was to survive, the other died on active service but left behind a famous sporting dynasty. By Graham Taylor.

A detailed look at the reasons for the election riots in Wigan in May 1831, the backgrounds of the characters involved and the consequences for the perpetrators of the ensuing violence. By Graham Taylor.

The origins of the Wigan Volunteer Light Horse during the early part of the 19th century, and its evolution over the next 200 years to the Army’s modern day successor, still based in Wigan, the Queens Own Yeomanry. By Graham Taylor.