FROM THE ARCHIVES: Shopping in Wigan through the decades
As shops are back open for business we take a look at some shops in the borough from years gone by, captured on film by former Wigan Observer photographer Frank Orrell.
By Michelle Adamson
Published 17th Jul 2020, 14:52 GMT
Updated 17th Jul 2020, 15:25 GMT
Happy shoppers!
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Manageress, Kathleen Roden, left, and shop assistant, Barbara Tate, inside Makinsons Tea Warehouse on Woodcock Street which was due to close in January 1974. The family tea and coffee business was started in the 1880s and was owned by Richard Makinson who also built and owned the Makinson Arcade.
Makinsons Tea Warehouse closed in January 1974. The family tea and coffee business was started in the 1880s and was owned by Richard Makinson who also built and owned the Makinson Arcade.
Frank Tickle on his last day in his shop in the Wiend on Monday 3rd of December 1979, before moving to the Times Craft Centre on Mesnes Street.
Tickles was classed as a leather and grindery merchants but sold just about anything!