RETRO: Group photographs from 1950s Wigan

Here are a variety of team, staff and school group photographs, submitted by our readers from Wigan in the 1950s.

By Michelle Adamson

Published 7th Jun 2023, 04:55 GMT

Wigan – 1950s

Girls of St Patrick's, Hardy Butts, in 1953.

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Girls of St Patrick's, Hardy Butts, in 1953. Photo: submitted

RETRO SPORT - Wigan RL in 1950 with the Lancs League cup, RL Championship and Wardian Cup

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RETRO SPORT - Wigan RL in 1950 with the Lancs League cup, RL Championship and Wardian Cup Photo: Mr Mather

Standish Lower Ground CE School, 1952. Submitted by Terry Marshall, third row, fourth left.

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Standish Lower Ground CE School, 1952. Submitted by Terry Marshall, third row, fourth left. Photo: submitted

Britannia Bridge County Girls School 1952 - Irene Hudson, Eunice Lloyd, Betty Foster, Sheils McCarthy, Eileen Lowton, Hilda Banks, Lilian Speakman
Betty Unsworth, Lilian Aspinall, Joyce Kyte, Sandra Brabbin, Hilda Santus, Shirley ?, Audrey McAllister, Julie Holding
Dorothy Fletcher, Elsie Bird, Marjorie Winstanley, Mona Tymon, June Ashton, Jean Marsden, D Fitzsimmons, Winnie Winnard, Joan Storey, Doreen Reid,
Hilda Edwards, Eileen Murphy

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Britannia Bridge County Girls School 1952 - Irene Hudson, Eunice Lloyd, Betty Foster, Sheils McCarthy, Eileen Lowton, Hilda Banks, Lilian Speakman Betty Unsworth, Lilian Aspinall, Joyce Kyte, Sandra Brabbin, Hilda Santus, Shirley ?, Audrey McAllister, Julie Holding Dorothy Fletcher, Elsie Bird, Marjorie Winstanley, Mona Tymon, June Ashton, Jean Marsden, D Fitzsimmons, Winnie Winnard, Joan Storey, Doreen Reid, Hilda Edwards, Eileen Murphy Photo: Submitted