Brilliant black and white pictures of Wigan mill staff at work and heading on holiday with their families

Tens of thousands of people once worked in Wigan’s cotton mills, the majority of them women, and some feature in our latest nostalgic collection of photographs.

We have wound the clock back several decades with pictures from the Wigan Today archives of staff at work as well as on their way to holidays, with their families, during wakes weeks.

1. Three young Wigan men ready for a well-deserved break

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2. Another staff member at work at Irvin-Diamond clothing manufacturer

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3. Another picture from 1968. Retirees too took their holidays in wakes weeks

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4. Irvin-Diamond clothing manufacturer at No 2 Eckersley Mill 53 years ago

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