Articles

Article by an old resident of the Plantation Gates. From a speech delivered by David at the opening of the restored Gates on Saturday, 3rd July 2026.

Walker's own life ended in relative poverty, making his one of the most remarkable and poignant stories of a Wigan man abroad.

Article by Micahel Nelson describing the 1853 Wigan Riots. Tracing some of the incidents and the aftermath.

The article by Jim Meehan explores the remarkable story of the three Bradshaigh sisters of Haigh who entered the English Poor Clare convents in exile during the seventeenth century, at a time when Catholics in England faced persecution and suspicion.

Organist at Wigan Parish Church from 1868 to 1872 and lived in Clifton St. He became Master of the Queen's Musick and is buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

The life and times of Edna & Jack, their work with Bletchley Park during WWII and their rugby connections.

Brief history of the Empress Ballroom from the opening in 1916 to its demolition in the 1980's.

Recollections of his work and life in Wigan, London and Cambridge in Victorian times

Recollections by his grandson of a life in the mining industry with family links to the Crawfords and Wigan Coal & Iron.

The story of the man who tirelessly catalogued the Haigh Hall Library collection.

The story of the great coal robbery in Wigan in 1848 and the legal proceedings that followed. By Graham Taylor 2025

The mystery of the Georgian clock in the Netherlands that has links to the Queens Hall Wesleyan Mission..