Here is a nostalgic selection.
13. RETRO
Workers at the end of a rainy day leaving Eckersleys Mill, Swan Meadow Road, Wigan, along Pottery Road, in 1967. The cotton mill finally closed down in the early 1970s. Photo: Frank Orrell
14. RETRO
The old corn mill on Coppull Lane, Wigan, in the early 1900s. Photo: Frank Orrell