Perhaps it will trigger some distant memories for some readers.
2. A Leyland Lion Wigan Corporation bus which had been taken out of service in 1956 but was being donated to help bus services in Rhodesia (these days Zimbabwe)
. Photo: UGC
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Wigan people and events in 1956: retro picture gallery
By Charles Graham
Published 16th Dec 2024, 04:55 GMT
It was the year the Suez crisis began, Marilyn Monroe married Arthur Miller and the first Eurovision Song Contest was staged. And here is a flavour of Wigan goings-on and official photographs in 1956.