As well as steam trains taking on water before heading off for the last time, they include the long-vanished custom of Wakes Week – where the town’s workers would descend en masse to the station for two weeks by the seaside – along with excited schoolchildren departing for a school trip abroad.
9. A rail workers dispute on June 24 1968 caused delays for Wigan's train passengers at Wallgate Station.
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. Photo: GPO mail arriving at Wallgate Station, Wigan in June 1968
11. A rail workers dispute on June 24 1968 caused delays for Wigan's train passengers at Wallgate Station.
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12. A moment in time captured at Wallgate station in July 1969. Wigan's workforce gather to board their trains to holiday at the seaside for two weeks.
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