A Ford Escort car is hauled onto the roof section of the entrance to the ABC cinema in Station Road to publicise the latest James Bond film "On Her Majestys Secret Service" in 1970. Cinema manager, Derek Fuller, is on the roof, right.placeholder image
A Ford Escort car is hauled onto the roof section of the entrance to the ABC cinema in Station Road to publicise the latest James Bond film "On Her Majestys Secret Service" in 1970. Cinema manager, Derek Fuller, is on the roof, right.

A zanily random gallery of vintage pictures all taken in Wigan

By Michelle Adamson
Published 20th Oct 2026, 04:55 BST

We have a fabulously random selection of archive Wigan pictures covering several decades, although the the 1960s figure largest.

They include Batman and a champion wrestler from long ago.

The crowds gather for the arrival of Batman and Robin to open the Green Shield Stamp shop in Crompton Street, Wigan, in 1967.

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The crowds gather for the arrival of Batman and Robin to open the Green Shield Stamp shop in Crompton Street, Wigan, in 1967. Photo: Frank Orrell

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1968 - Cinema manager, Derek Fuller, talks to fancy dress competition entrants at he ABC Minors 21st birthday celebrations in 1968.

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1968 - Cinema manager, Derek Fuller, talks to fancy dress competition entrants at he ABC Minors 21st birthday celebrations in 1968. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Butcher Fred Barton at work in his Wigan shop in 1969.

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Butcher Fred Barton at work in his Wigan shop in 1969. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Menswear stall holder Ali Khan in the Old Arcade, Wigan, in the early 1970s.

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Menswear stall holder Ali Khan in the Old Arcade, Wigan, in the early 1970s. Photo: Frank Orrell

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