A view down Gidlow Lane towards Eckersley Mill and St. James Church, Poolstock, in November 1999.
RETRO: Wigan buildings and scenes in the 1990s
By Michelle Adamson
Published 24th Apr 2023, 15:45 BST
We are looking back to the decade of the 1990s when we captured on film all sorts of familiar buildings, shops and scenes in and around Wigan.
RETRO: 1990s
13. 1993
Parkside Colliery near Newton le Willows with the M6 motorway at the bottom of the picture.
The pit was the last in the Lancashire Coalfield to close in March 1993. Photo: Frank Orrell
Fans leaving Central Park along Hilton Street after Graeme West's testimonial match against New Zealand on Sunday 8th of August 1993. Photo: Frank Orrell
