R- Bowen Photography

15/08/2026

An evening at Central Park in Atherton for this years Atherton Proms in the park

14/08/2026

Back in May I took a trip upto Knaresborough on the outskirts of Harrogate.
As I got here mid afternoon it was a very grey day with rain on the way.

So here's some photos i took around the town of the train station and Viaduct.

14/08/2026

10/08/2026

A few weeks ago I visited the The Tyldesley Heritage Centre, for the Monthly Tyldesley Historical Society Meeting.

Ive never had a chance to go to one of thier meetings and learn abit about the history of our local town, but its a great experience and great to see so many local friendly faces come together.

The Meeting this time was Presented by Paul Costello about the 150 years of Tyldesley Swimming & Water Polo Club.

Tyldesley Heritage Centre

07/08/2026

As its Blackpool Airshow this weekend, i thought id share some photos i took back in June at the Midlands Air Festival of the RAF Falcons

06/08/2026

06/08/2026

Back in july I had a chance to go to RocknStroll in Lilford Park.

I always hear that's its a big event and im ussually away so I dont get a chance to see it. However during a busy saturday visiting events I managed stop by for an hour or so.

04/08/2026

Some more photos, mainly of the people over the 1940's weekend at Damhouse in Astley.

Damhouse

03/08/2026

That update we promised? Well… here it is. And it’s by far our biggest yet. 🎉

We’re delighted to confirm that The Early Doors Club has secured new multi-year investment, alongside continued support from Wigan Council and Bolton Council🤝

It means we can keep doing what we do best: knocking down barriers to live music, paying artists properly, investing in local venues and bringing high quality live music to highstreets🎶

What started as an idea in Wigan is now growing into a network of live music events across Greater Manchester 🌱

Over the next three years we’ll be expanding year on year, and by the end of it, The Early Doors Club will be running across five Greater Manchester boroughs 📍

First up is Rochdale. ✨

We’re excited to say The Early Doors Club is heading there for the very first time, backed by brand new support from Rochdale Development Agency! Our new home will be ST Chad's Church – a beautiful historic building that’s been part of Rochdale for centuries. We think it’s going to be a special space for live music, and we can’t wait to bring our first show there ⛪🎶

We’re not stopping in Rochdale either. Over in Bolton, we’re testing out a brand new venue too. We can’t say much more just yet, but watch this space… 👀

And now for the bit you’ve probably been waiting for… 🎤

We’re kicking things off on Friday 28th August with Vox (Mark Burgess) and Stephen Rice from The Chameleons, performing a special acoustic show at Hindley Social Club. 🎸

We’ll be announcing the rest of our first run of events over the next couple of days, so keep an eye out. 📅

Tickets for some events are now live on Humanitix, our new ticketing home. Their booking fees are lower than most platforms, and every penny of those fees goes to charity 🎟️ Plenty more will be on there in the coming days, make sure you are following us HERE - https://events.humanitix.com/host/the-early-doors-club

📍 Wigan • Bolton • Rochdale
🎟️ Pay What You Can, always

The Early Doors Club is back❤️

02/08/2026

Yesterday I visited the Newton-Le-Willows Town Show, fist time visiting here and it was a great event, while I was their one of the highlights for me was watching the Army Red Devils Parachute team parachute in.

Red Devils Army Parachute Display Team
Newton Town Show