Familiar faces, school sports, protests, parades and a wedding: we’re taking you back 40 years to a selection of Wigan news, sport and features that we covered in 1983.
By Michelle Adamson
Published 27th Jan 2023, 04:55 BST
RETRO – 1983
5. 1983
Derek Holliday and staff in his chippy in Gidlow Lane, Wigan, in September 1983. Photo: Frank Orrell
Andrew Fairless from Wigan in determined mood competing in the 100 National Final in which he gained 2nd place in the Champions of Three Sisters National Kart Races on Sunday 24th of July 1983. Photo: Frank Orrell
Wigan racer Andrew Fairless prepares his kart as his two-year-old daughter Dawn snuggles up at the Champions of Three Sisters National Kart Races on Sunday 24th of July 1983. Photo: Frank Orrell