Over 100 years of photos featuring people, places and events on Wigan's Ormskirk Road

It’s one of the longest and busiest routes in Wigan, and Ormskirk Road in Newtown and Pemberton – whether it be residents, visitors, events or scenes – has been photographed many times over the decades.

This picture celebration spans more than a century from Edwardian times onwards and more recent ones should feature a few faces familar to locals.

9. Old shops on the junction of Ormskirk Road and Richmond Hill, Pemberton, in 1966: a gown and millinery shop and menswear shop

. Photo: STAFF

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10. David Clayton, owner of Clayton's Newsagents, Ormskirk Road, Pemberton, who was retiring after 44 years in the trade

. Photo: Nick Fairhurst

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11. Wigan's Mayor, Coun Michael Winstanley, at the opening of Wig Wam Glam on Ormskirk Road, Pemberton, with owners Emma Lucas and Andrew Porter and their daughter Letitia, three

. Photo: Submitted

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12. Christine Harvey of Pemberton Pets

. Photo: Gary Brunskill

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Over 100 years of photos featuring people, places and events on Wigan's Ormskirk Road

It’s one of the longest and busiest routes in Wigan, and Ormskirk Road in Newtown and Pemberton – whether it be residents, visitors, events or scenes – has been photographed many times over the decades.

9. Old shops on the junction of Ormskirk Road and Richmond Hill, Pemberton, in 1966: a gown and millinery shop and menswear shop

10. David Clayton, owner of Clayton's Newsagents, Ormskirk Road, Pemberton, who was retiring after 44 years in the trade

11. Wigan's Mayor, Coun Michael Winstanley, at the opening of Wig Wam Glam on Ormskirk Road, Pemberton, with owners Emma Lucas and Andrew Porter and their daughter Letitia, three

12. Christine Harvey of Pemberton Pets

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