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Wigan Borough Archivist Alex Miller spoke to the club in July 2014 about the Edward Hall Diary Collection. This contains diaries dating back to 1698 and are a hidden social history of people’s lives. It also includes some diaries of women, which are rare as

SI Wigan has been very successful in welcoming new members into the club in recent months. To celebrate the fact on 29th September 2014 a New Members Evening was held. Everyone was made very welcome by the Club President and members of the Executive Committee and

On September 22nd the annual Awards Evening was held at Haigh Hall to celebrate the on going support given to local, national and international charities by SI Wigan. The evening was a great success and representatives of eleven charities attended to receive cheques for money

To celebrate National Literacy Day on September 8th 2014  SI Wigan held a book sale at the Business Meeting. On the night £20 was raised  from the sale of donated books. Any books that were not sold were donated to Book Cycle to support their literacy

At the South Lancashire Regional Programme Action meeting on June 14th 2014 £75 was made in donations for cakes and scones made by SI Wigan and SI Leigh members. The money will help to fund the Local Osteoporosis Support Group. Osteoporosis affects 1 in 2 women and

SIGBI’s Big Project – Birthing in Gambia  A total of £1620.60 was raised for this national SI project following enthusiastic support from SI Wigan and friends An Italian Friendship meal at the Wheel restaurant  in Wigan with raffle and treasure hunt (supported by Tower College)