REMEMBERING: The Way We Were museum at Wigan Pier
People flocked from all over the country to the canalside premises – soon to be reborn as a food and drink hall – to see how life was in Victorian and Edwardian times, helped along by a cast of actors.
Here are some of the many photographs taken over the years of the exhibits and people bringing the borough’s past to life and attracting more than 10 million visitors from when it opened in 1986 to its closure in 2007.
5. 1996
Wigan school pupils in The Way We Were centre at Wigan Pier on Wednesday 13th of March 1996 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening of the complex. Photo: Frank Orrell
6. 1986
Matthew Newton of Whelley Middle School gets his ear tweaked by the schoolmaster during a lesson in the Victorian classroom on a visit to The Way We Were at Wigan Pier on Tuesday 29th of April 1986. Photo: Frank Orrell
7. 2006
Alan Davies visits the Way We Were museum pit brow lasses display at Wigan Pier Photo: Gary Brunskill
8. 2007
Pupils from Wharton Primary School with teacher Suzanne Slaven in the school room. Photo: Nick Fairhurst