AROUND 450 guests attended the annual Wigan and District Farmers Ball and helped raised about �4000.

AROUND 450 guests attended the annual Wigan and District Farmers Ball and helped raised about �4000.

The annual fundraising event, held at Haydock Park, was started in 1912 with the aim of raising money for local charities including Derian House, Wigan and Leigh Hospice and many others.PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN COCKS