This collection of pictures from the Wigan Today archive features pupils, staff, visitors and events at the school over more than five decades.
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2. Jack, four, and sister Macie, six, joined staff and fellow pupils at St John's go to school in their onesies to raise funds for Children in Need and to mark World Diabetes Day
. Photo: MA
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4. A foundation stone is laid at St John's Primary School, Pemberton, in 1968
. Photo: STAFF
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