RETRO: Vintage news in Wigan

By Michelle Adamson

Published 5th Jun 2023, 15:45 GMT

Here’s a random selection of Wigan news stories, including Batman and a champion wrestler.

RETRO – Wigan

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

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.

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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. Photo: Frank Orrell

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

The ABC Minors 21st birthday celebrations in 1968.

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The ABC Minors 21st birthday celebrations in 1968. Photo: Frank Orrell

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

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.

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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. Photo: Frank Orrell

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

The ABC Minors 21st birthday celebrations in 1968.

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The ABC Minors 21st birthday celebrations in 1968. Photo: Frank Orrell

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