Wine glasses clinked and coffee flowed when the exhibition of 60 superb Isherwood paintings opened a the purpose-built Turnpike Gallery in Leigh on Saturday 7th November 2009. And in addition to many admirers, the show was also graced with the attendance of Molly Isherwood, the artist’s sister-in-law who has done so much to promote - Click here to read more

  Jim Isherwood was first admitted to Billinge Hospital on Friday 2nd August 1974, to “dry out” and before he left his home on Wigan Lane to start treatment, he downed half a tumbler of whisky and several tablets. “I’m ready” he said. So began a seven months’ stay in Billinge, where, without the booze, he - Click here to read more