RETRO: Here's what was making the Wigan news in 1977
Famous faces, local folk, boxing training and an It’s a Knock-out competition are among the events our photographers went to in 1977.
RETRO – 1977
1. 1977
Owner, Geoffrey Gill, at the gate of Giant's Hall Farm in Standish Lower Ground with a date of 1675 on the wall and threated by NCB opencast plans in May 1977. Photo: Frank Orrell
2. 1977
Television comedian Frank Carson with one of the teams competing in an "It's a Knockout" tournament on Bank Holiday Monday 29th of August 1977. The competition based on the popular television programme at the time involved teams from around the Wigan area taking part in sporty type activities which usually involved getting soapy and wet. Photo: Frank Orrell
3. 1977
Competitors during the "It's a Knockout" tournament on Bank Holiday Monday 29th of August 1977. Photo: Frank Orrell
4. 1977
Like a scene from an earlier time but this was Mrs. Teresa Daniels outside her Wigan home in the Trencherfield Mill area in 1977. Photo: Frank Orrell