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Leigh is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (originally in Lancashire). It was formerly noted for the cotton industry and coal mining.

LGBT history

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was educated at the local Grammar School.^[1]

In 1965 the local paper, the Leigh Reporter, covered Allan Horsfall's campaigning work with a full-width front-page article.^[2]

References

↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/jun/19/classicalmusicandopera.proms2004 Stephen Moss, "Sounds and silence" The Guardian 2 November 2009
↑ David Dutton, ‘Homosexuals and the Law’, Leigh Reporter, 6 February 1965, quoted in Peter Scott-Presland, Diverse Performances, Chapter 2

[1] ttp://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/jun/19/classicalmusicandopera.proms2004 Stephen Moss, "Sounds and silence" The Guardian 2 November 2009

[2] David Dutton, ‘Homosexuals and the Law’, Leigh Reporter, 6 February 1965, quoted in Peter Scott-Presland, Diverse Performances, Chapter 2

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	'''Leigh''' is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of [[Wigan]], [[Greater Manchester]] (~~formerly~~ in [[Lancashire]]).		[[File:Leigh Parish Church & The Boar's Head.jpg\|thumb\|Leigh Parish Church and The Boar's Head]]'''Leigh''' is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of [[Wigan]], [[Greater Manchester]] (originally in [[Lancashire]]). It was formerly noted for the cotton industry and coal mining.

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