Enjoy these Wigan shop launch pictures from the 1990s

Shop launches aren’t as frequent as they used to be in Wigan or most other places, for that matter. The Observer has quite an archive of such events, though, often featuring celebrities.

Here is a clutch of photo opportunities from the 1990s. Enjoy!

9. RETRO

Wigan RL star Nigel Wright gives the thumbs-up to the new PDSA (People's Dispensray for Sick Animals) shop, on Bradshawgate, Leigh, after he officially opened it. He is pictured with Paula Atherton, shop manager, and Bandaged Barney, alias her husband Mark! Photo: NICK FAIRHURST