RETRO: 20 vintage scenes of Scholes

We are today shining a spotlight onto Scholes, with 20 photographs from the 1950s to 1980s mined from our Wigan Today picture archives showing how it has evolved over the years.

By Michelle Adamson

Published 14th Dec 2022, 15:45 GMT

RETRO: Scholes pictures of the past (1950s to 1980s)

RETRO 1968 - Views of Wigan life in the late 1960s

1. 1968

RETRO 1968 - Views of Wigan life in the late 1960s Photo: gb

A rag and bone cart trundles past the Flamingo Hotel in Scholes in April 1975.

2. 1975

A rag and bone cart trundles past the Flamingo Hotel in Scholes in April 1975. Photo: Frank Orrell

A building which comprised of Scholes Labour Club downstairs and Scholes Labour Hall cinema upstairs in 1956. The Labour Club was said to be the oldest in Wigan.

3. 1956

A building which comprised of Scholes Labour Club downstairs and Scholes Labour Hall cinema upstairs in 1956. The Labour Club was said to be the oldest in Wigan. Photo: Frank Orrell

Retro 1972 - Views of Scholes in Wigan, during redevelopment

4. 1972

Retro 1972 - Views of Scholes in Wigan, during redevelopment Photo: STAFF