Jim Meehan

St Wilfrid’s Church Standish 

New research into 200 year-old artefacts decorating the church walls.

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The Keith Douglas Collection

A collection of historic photographs of Standish kindly donated by Stan Aspinall in memory of Keith who was known as “Mr Standish”.

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The Anne Hurst Collection

A collection of important pictures and documents reproduced with the kind permission of Anne Hurst.

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The Street That Was

The story of the development of King Street

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Georgian Splendour

The story of number 21 to 25 King Street

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A Standish Baptism

How the Methodists became established in Standish

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The Civil War returns to Wigan

Footage of a Civil War re-enactment from 2012 to commemorate to 350th anniversary of Charles II awarding Wigan a charter.  Shown with the kind permission of BETA, the Wigan education charity.

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The Most Calamitous of Times. 

Wigan during the Civil War Period.

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The History of Timberlakes

"High Riders & Rolls Royces" - charting the history of the Timberlake family and the buildings the company occupied in the town centre.

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The Mystery of Standish Hall

A talk tracing the history of the Hall and the whereabouts of some of its contents that have survived, but not in the UK!

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Ralph Brideoake

Uncovering the history of Standish.

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Three interesting and poignant stories, commemorating Remembrance Day  2020.

Brothers in Arms

About two local miners who fought in WW1.

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Wigan Soldier - Story of Survival

About a lad from Swinley who served in WW2.

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Kate's Story

written by my daughter Kate, about a Wigan schools visit to WW1 Battlefields in 2015.

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“The Elnup Wood Stone”.  

The story of a mysterious stone found in a stream.

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The Reluctant Baronet

The story of the last Baronet of Adlington and what became of him.

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The Mystery of Standish Hall

A short story about finding parts of the ancient Hall thought to be lost forever. 

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Barbarous Wigan Murder

Video of a presentation given by Jim on Victorian Crime and Punishment in Wigan. Including a barbarous murder on Wigan Lane in the early 1800s.

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