How times have changed.
9. RETRO
RETRO 1968 - A cycling proficiency rally in Standish. Photo: Wigan Today - National World
10. RETRO
A view across Station Road showing Central Station and the Scholes flats in the foreground with Wigan Little Theatre, Walter Heyes Electrical Works and Central Park in the background in the late 1960s. Photo: Frank Orrell
11. RETRO
A view taken from the newly built Woodcock House flats towards the closed Central Station with the Ritz cinema behind. On the right is Crompton Street and in the foreground is Derby Terrace with rows of houses in Bold Street and Low Street in July 1966. Photo: Frank Orrell
12. Wigan Today - National World
A view along Robin Park Road, Newtown, in the 1960s. On the left is St. Thomas More Secondary Modern School and on the right Wigan Boys' Club in Wenlock Street. In the background are the old Robin Park playing fields. Photo: Frank Orrell