Charles Graham

1 week ago | wigantoday.net | Charles Graham

Proposals to develop a Wigan community’s last green belt yet again sparked a protest marching involving 150 people. The land, known as The Bell, where Latham House Farm stands between junction 26 of the M6 and Spring Road, at Kitt Green, has been named in the draft Local Plan for Wigan as an area for potential “high-quality” employment development.

1 week ago | wigantoday.net | Charles Graham

This little gallery includes several workplaces, including Hitchen Foods at Ince which, sadly, closed earlier this year and boasted a famously multicultural workforce. 1. Wiganers at work in April to July 2007. Photo: STAFF2. The Tote marketing department. Left to right: Kiernan Tierney, Nicola Mc Mahon and Ben Turnbull. Photo: John Leatherbarrow3. The Tote Teletext studio department. Left to right: Theresa Fanning, Jan Lavin and Cheryl Bond. Photo: John Leatherbarrow4. At the Tote working out the odds.

2 weeks ago | wigantoday.net | Charles Graham

Landmarks, businesses, the people who have worked there and visitors all feature. 1. Faces, businesses, landmarks and events on Hallgate over the years. Photo: STAFF2. The Hallgate area of Wigan looking down towards the Bluecoats school and when there were still shops on this stretch in 1978. Photo: STAFF3. The Hair and Beauty Shoppe in Hallgate in Wigan were celebrating 25 years of business in 2014.

2 weeks ago | wigantoday.net | Charles Graham

Just months ago the manager of a Wigan amateur football club was contemplating its and his own future. Facilities at The Convent ground, home to Standish St Wilfrid’s AFC, had been trashed by vandals on several occasions, not only because of the mess and impact on morale but also because it meant the club didn’t have the appropriate facilities that would qualify it for promotion into higher leagues. This was particularly frustrating as the team was by far and away the best in their current league.

2 weeks ago | wigantoday.net | Charles Graham

​Four businesses found to have sold vapes to children will pay more than £15k after Wigan Council enforcement action. ​The operators of the convenience stores in Wigan, Golborne and Ince appeared before magistrates – or were found guilty in their absence – earlier this month. They were ordered to pay a total of £15,838 in fines and costs following investigations by the council’s trading standards officers.