HOUSING champion the late Sam Little was honoured when the former Leigh Magistrates Court was unveiled as the new headquarters of Leigh Homes -- the eastern division of Wigan & Leigh Housing.
Magistrates last sat in judgement there in March 2001. Since then the Chapel Street building has been adapted into modern offices for housing staff who co-ordinate services to customers in over 12,000 homes in Leigh, Golborne, Hindley, Atherton, Hag Fold, Platt Bridge and Tyldesley.
Mayor of Wigan, Councillor Wilfred Brogan, performed the opening ceremony, while Cllr Fred Walker unveiled a plaque dedicated to his former colleague who served on Tyldesley Urban District Council from 1958 to 1974 and Wigan Council until 1999, when he was made an honorary alderman.
Cllr Little chaired Wgan's housing committee from 1974 until 1996 and the plaque commemorates his invaluable service to social housing in the borough.
Cllr Brogan said: "Sam was a wonderful character and a great servant to Tyldesley and the rest of the borough. He was passionately committed to social housing and there could be no more appropriate person to dedicate this new housing office to."
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