Pictures to treasure of Wigan Roller Rink's final day before closure

It was a day of high emotions as years of skating at Wigan Roller Rink came to an end.

Hundreds of people flocked to the former Eckersley’s Mills building for one last session before the doors closed.

It had been originally planned to create a new rink on the Cotton Works site, but escalating costs put paid to that.

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