Factories, businesses and shops all simultaneously closed for the grand occasion, as thousands of Wiganers, dressed to impress, took trains and buses to the seaside – most often Blackpool, Southport and North Wales – for their annual family holidays.
1. Buckets and spades at the ready for young lads waiting on the market square for their coaches to take them on the annual Wakes Weeks holidays
. Photo: GB
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